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by Elie Wiesel
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A New Translation From The French By Marion Wiesel

Night is Elie Wiesel's masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps. This new translation by Marion Wiesel, Elie's wife and frequent translator, presents this seminal memoir in the language and spirit truest to the author's original intent. And in a substantive new preface, Elie reflects on the enduring importance of Night and his lifelong, passionate dedication to ensuring that the world never forgets man's capacity for inhumanity to man.

Night offers much more than a litany of the daily terrors, everyday perversions, and rampant sadism at Auschwitz and Buchenwald; it also eloquently addresses many of the philosophical as well as personal questions implicit in any serious consideration of what the Holocaust was, what it meant, and what its legacy is and will be.

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“What makes this book so chilling is not the pretense of what happened but a very real description of every thought, fear and the apathetic attitude demonstrated as a response . . . Night, Wiesel's autobiographical masterpiece, is a heartbreaking memoir. Wiesel has taken his painful memories and channeled them into an amazing document which chronicles his most intense emotions every step along the way.” Jose Del Real, Anchorage Daily News

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“Required reading for all humanity.” Oprah Winfrey

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"A slim volume of terrifying power" The 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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"As a human document, Night is almost unbearably painful, and certainly beyond criticism." A. Alvarez, Commentary

About the Author

Elie Wiesel (1928-2016) is the author of more than fifty books, including Night, his harrowing account of his experiences in Nazi concentration camps. The book, first published in 1955, was selected for Oprah's Book Club in 2006, and continues to be an important reminder of man's capacity for inhumanity. Wiesel was Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Boston University, and lived with his family in New York City. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986.

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CNH1701 , October 19, 2013
Hawaii and Germany have one significant event in common: World War II. World War II has impacted billions of people, worldwide. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawai'i and the Holocaust in Germany, many people learned about things that were happening thousands of miles away and they became more aware of the worldly society. In this memoir, Night, by. Elie Wiesel, Eliezer and his family had been sent to a concentration camp in Birkenau. Throughout the memoir, Eliezer had changed and would never be the same. In Elie Wiesel's memoir, Night, the story of the Jewish Holocaust has been told by a man that survived and lived through it all. Elie Wiesel brings you into the scenes, where you can feel the emotions of the people surrounding him. Pain, sorrow, sadness, anger, and confusion were emotions that were felt by the Jewish people being sent to concentration camps. He vividly describes the Jewish people's feelings arriving in Auschwitz in this excerpt, “But it was all in vain. Our terror could no longer be contained. Our nerves had reached a breaking point. Our very skin was aching. It was as though madness had infected all of us. We gave up."(31). He explained scenes extremely vividly to the point where we could vision it in our heads. Wiesel's strong points also consist of his diction and syntax. For example, an excerpt from Night, “And I, who believe that God is love, what answer was there to give my young interlocutor whose dark eyes still held the reflection of the angelic sadness that had appeared one day on the face of a hanged child?"(13-4). This particular excerpt was one of Wiesel's strongest quotes from the memoir, Night. The intensity of confused emotions, making many Jewish people question God and his presence with them. This is a memoir that opens your eyes to help you see things through different perspectives. Wiesel's memoir, Night, keeps you on your toes and keeps you from putting the book down! You always question what is going to happen, because it seems as if anything could happen on any day.

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Maddie I , October 19, 2013
Everyone hears stories about World War II and the horrible things that had happened to the Jewish people. We read a couple things in books and articles about it and shudder at the thought of it happening to us. Night by Elie Wiesel is another one of those unique stories told by someone who actually experienced the horrible internment camps during the Holocaust. World War II has always intrigued me because I've always wanted to learn more about the experience and how some of the Jewish managed to survive. Night is a great memoir to read if you're looking for someone who lived through the nightmare themselves and can explain the events that happened in great detail. This memoir is also more than just a story. Elie taps into the subject of religion and how the human mind works under extreme conditions. Although he doesn't outright say it, Elie gets you to think about religion and if your god actually exists and wants to help you. He starts questioning his god about why He hasn't come to save him and everyone else from the concentration camps. Elie also explains how many people become incredibly selfish and self-centered when their lives are on the line. I really enjoyed this memoir and couldn't stop reading it. It has impacted me a lot by showing me that I should be more grateful to things I have and that I have food on the table everyday because someday it could all be suddenly taken away.

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Linda Cha , September 22, 2012 (view all comments by Linda Cha)
The first time I read this book, I was in high school and it was one of the books we were assigned to read in Honors English. I thought it would be just another assigned reading. The first night we were supposed to read only three chapters. I ended up reading the entire book, which isn't hard it wasn't that thick. I also cried, the sort of sobbing cry when your heart hurts. By the time I was done with the book, I could not help but be stunned at the intensity that such words could bring forth. It is SUCH a good book. Now that I am much older, I have been meaning to buy this book to add to my collection. I'll probably cry if I read it again.

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hayleyluvsumore , December 12, 2008
This book was WOW. It was so sad at parts like when the son and father killed each other just for food. But over all the book was amazing.

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gr82bdnyce , March 24, 2008
“Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, those moments which murdered my god and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky.” It’s wiesel’s first night in the camp and he has already lost hope. Death is surrounding him, he see’s children and babies being burned to death in pits of fire. This is the moment in his life when everything changes his dreams are deterred. There are various events that influenced wiesel’s life and goals. The most significant event that occurred in his life was the holocaust. It changed his life immensely. After going through such a horrific event, Wiesel’s chef life goal became to ensure that such an event is never forgotten.

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book.lover , November 17, 2007 (view all comments by book.lover)
'Night' is a moving book by a Holocaust survivor. Elie Wiesel was just a young teenager when he and his family were taken away to concentration camp. His story tells of his struggles to live in such harsh, brutal, horrible conditions, under brash treatment. He was one of the few fortunate ones to survive, and his book has gone on to change the lives of millions.

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venechilian , July 30, 2007 (view all comments by venechilian)
This book inspired so much deep emotion in me. It was just breath taking. It gave me chills. It left me without words. By far one of the most impacting and moving books i have ever read.

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pam2b , May 28, 2007
a very powerful book about being in a nazi camp and telling what went on there. i loved this book !

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krisbill , May 26, 2007
Wiesel's willingness to recount this time in his life when savagery and injustice ruled the day, is an exhortation to all who read it to not settle for the apathetic bystander role. To those who see the bullies at school, at work, at play, on university campuses, etc., Wiesel's book cries out for human care and compassion for one another - for courage to intervene and to protest acts of inhumanity and degradation, even in our post-Holocaust world.

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togua1989 , May 02, 2007
I'm 18 years old and I didn't really care about school or anything, until i read you're book. It really touched me deeply in my heart. I never thought reading a book would make me shed tears. You're book made me stop and appreciate everything in life. I'm spending as much time as i can with my mom, dad, and the rest of my family. I'm also doing alot better in school, thank's to you're book.

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Penguin , April 09, 2007
If I had children and could give them 2 books to read as teenagers, I would choose Night and The Little Prince. In Night, Mr. Wiesel is able to make you feel just a slight iota of a hint of the pain he and so many Jews went through in the camps. I've read the book several times and will read it several more I suppose.

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babycakes92 , March 15, 2007
This book made me want to cry, you know to realize how bad Germans treated Jews. while I was reading this book I was visualizing all the stuff Elie Wiesel went through. i was disgusted by the dicrimination, and hateration, and I was just disgusted. Many people would say this book is an exaggeration, but in my opinion I dont think this book is an exaggeration because there is enough proof that the Holocaust really happened. I strongly believe that the holocaust was a disgrace to the Jews and its a discrimination. I believe that a man like Elie Wiesel could remember the Holocaust from 40 or 50 yrs ago. Who could forget something so terrible. If I was there, I would've remembered it, I personally would have nightmares about it and I would never forget it. I love this book although it is very sad.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780374500016
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
01/16/2006
Publisher:
FARRAR STRAUS & GIROUX
Series info:
Oprah's Book Club
Pages:
120
Height:
.40IN
Width:
5.40IN
Thickness:
.50
Series:
Oprah's Book Club
Age Range:
14 to 14
Grade Range:
9 to 9
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
2006
Translator:
Marion Wiesel
Author:
Elie Wiesel
Subject:
Jews
Subject:
Holocaust, jewish (1939-1945)
Subject:
World war, 1939-1945
Subject:
Biography-Historical
Subject:
Romania
Subject:
Concentration camps
Subject:
Wiesel, Elie - Childhood and youth
Subject:
Personal Memoirs
Subject:
Jews - Romania - Sighet
Subject:
Biography - General

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