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by Elie Wiesel

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ISBN13: 9780553272536
ISBN10: 0553272535
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Night — A terrifying account of the Nazi death camp horror that turns a young Jewish boy into an agonized witness to the death of his family...the death of his innocence...and the death of his God. Penetrating and powerful, as personal as The Diary Of Anne Frank, Night awakens the shocking memory of evil at its absolute and carries with it the unforgettable message that this horror must never be allowed to happen again.

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"A slim volume of terrifying power." New York Times

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"What I maintain is that this personal record, coming after so many others and describing an outrage about which we might imagine we already know all that it is possible to know, is nevertheless different, distinct, unique....Have we ever thought about the consequence of a horror that, though less apparent, less striking than the other outrages, is yet the worst of all to those of us who have faith: the death of God in the soul of a child who suddenly discovers absolute evil?" Francios Mauriac

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"Wiesel has taken his own anguish and imaginatively metamorphosed it into art." Curt Leviant, Saturday Review

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"The book that always makes me weep is 'Night' by Elie Wiesel, because it brings up emotions of sorrow, horror and anger. And the book that unfailingly cheers me up is also 'Night' by Elie Wiesel, because it shows me that there is never an excuse for not trying to overcome evil, and that there is no situation from which we cannot emerge with a determination to be productive." Alan M. Dershowitz, Washington Post Book World

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"To the best of my knowledge no one has left behind him so moving a record." Alfred Kazin

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"As a human document, 'Night' is almost unbearably painful, and certainly beyond criticism." A. Alvarez, Commentary

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"The seminal story of a child the Germans intended to murder, more to the point than the partial narrative of 'The Diary of Anne Frank' since it describes the place of Anne Frank's doom." Cynthia Ozick, New York Times Book Review
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Tina Blacksmith, March 6, 2012 (view all comments by Tina Blacksmith)
I first read "Night" in middle school. I try to learn as much as possible about this period in history. After someone reads this book, it will probably make them a little less happy about the world we live in. I do recommend this book to anyone interested in this time period. It is a sad book, but a great one.
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seldombites, March 2, 2012 (view all comments by seldombites)
This is a deeply moving narrative from a survivor of Hitler's extermination camps. There have been several of these types of books released in the past few years, but I believe this is one of the better ones. Told in first person, we are exposed to how it really felt to be in one of these camps - how it dehumanised people and caused good, loving people to behave like animals. This book should be required reading in all high schools.
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lmjinwa, January 1, 2012 (view all comments by lmjinwa)
Although today in the 21st century we are bombarded daily with examples of man's inhumanity to man, and some people become jaded and numb about violence, bigotry, and avarice, we can't forget that true victory over these deadly squelchers of mankind is achieved by the very struggle to desperately, stubbornly, retain our individual humanity by refusing to remain victims, and by refusing to victimize in return. Wiesel's powerful chronicle of his imprisonment in Auschwitz , the Nazis' relentless, sadistic attempts to strip the personhood from millions of humans, and his own struggles to remain human while in Hell, is sad, informative, scary, but ultimately uplifting and, considering man's slow learning curve (genocides, greed, bigotry still abound globally), quite timely and thought-provoking.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780553272536
Author:
Wiesel, Elie
Publisher:
Bantam Books
Translator:
Rodway, Stella
Foreword:
Mauriac, Francois
Author:
Mauriac, Francois
Location:
Prince Frederick, MD
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
World war, 1939-1945
Subject:
Novels and novellas
Subject:
Continental european fiction (fictional works
Subject:
Entertainment & Performing Arts
Subject:
Historical - Holocaust
Subject:
Authors, french
Subject:
Jewish authors
Subject:
Holocaust, jewish
Subject:
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
Subject:
Authors, French -- 20th century -- Biography.
Subject:
World War, 19
Subject:
Personal Memoirs
Subject:
Entertainment & Performing Arts - General
Copyright:
1960
Edition Number:
25
Edition Description:
Anniversary
Series Volume:
546
Publication Date:
March 1982
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
128
Dimensions:
7.08x4.18x.38 in. .15 lbs.
Media Run Time:
034500
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Product details 128 pages RANDOM HOUSE TRADE - English 9780553272536 Reviews:
"Review" by , "A slim volume of terrifying power."
"Review" by , "What I maintain is that this personal record, coming after so many others and describing an outrage about which we might imagine we already know all that it is possible to know, is nevertheless different, distinct, unique....Have we ever thought about the consequence of a horror that, though less apparent, less striking than the other outrages, is yet the worst of all to those of us who have faith: the death of God in the soul of a child who suddenly discovers absolute evil?"
"Review" by , "Wiesel has taken his own anguish and imaginatively metamorphosed it into art."
"Review" by , "The book that always makes me weep is 'Night' by Elie Wiesel, because it brings up emotions of sorrow, horror and anger. And the book that unfailingly cheers me up is also 'Night' by Elie Wiesel, because it shows me that there is never an excuse for not trying to overcome evil, and that there is no situation from which we cannot emerge with a determination to be productive."
"Review" by , "To the best of my knowledge no one has left behind him so moving a record." Alfred Kazin
"Review" by , "As a human document, 'Night' is almost unbearably painful, and certainly beyond criticism."
"Review" by , "The seminal story of a child the Germans intended to murder, more to the point than the partial narrative of 'The Diary of Anne Frank' since it describes the place of Anne Frank's doom."
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