Night
By Elie Wiesel & Marion Wiesel
- Release Date: 2012-02-07
- Genre: Religious Bios & Memoirs
Description
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.
Reviews
meh
2By rfdghgfffits not that i think the book was necessarily bad or anything cus i acc think it was written incredibly well. its js that i dont usually read these type of really heavy books so i couldnt really get into it. honestly i only read this for an english assignment. but at the end of the day im not mad i read it and im glad i learned more abt the Holocaust.No Words Minced
5By Joshua PaganA compelling account that balances nonfictional rawness with nuanced touches of tender sincerity. An important work. One that does not draw on loosely, but is expressed with extreme conciseness—and not to its fault, but definitely to its profoundness. May the knowing, caring, and most importantly, absolute intolerance of injustice, blossom in the souls of our future generations. To the victims of similar atrocities throughout history everywhere, we share your experience and have a voice in this book to speak with us…Captivating
5By nickjj1623Everyone should read this book. This book will give you perspective, one of the most powerful tools that a human being can have.Such an inspiring story
5By LunaStarlight18The narration and descriptive writing is such an amazing read as we dive into the story. Inspirational and emotional all the way through. You can’t help but tear up.Read this book in high school
5By Deadea_broAnd loved it ever since my freshman year of high schoolGreat read
5By schoenbergersmWhat a terrible experience.Very Descriptive and Heartfelt
5By book and dog loverWiesel’s writing style captivates the reader and pulls them into the book— literally. The description and detail within every word and phrase creates a mental image that is unforgettable.Wow
5By Jmonty3455Amazing book!So important
5By jedomannMay this book never be forgotten.Read more than once
5By Rekrap HarmatI first read “Night” when I was in high school. I liked it, but I did not recall much from my first reading. Fast forward 10 years, I’m subbing in an English class and there’s a class set of “Night.” I picked it up and just started reading it again. This time the messages, themes, and characters became more vivid to me and I’m fully engrossed in this powerful novel.Important Story and Great Work
5By Ryan S 3/26/92With Russian terrorists committing genocide in Ukraine, this book is as important as ever. Very informative and a great read.Night
4By Bethany PandaRemarkable. This did not happen that long ago.Haunting…
5By Carl80…is too light of a word for this book. The worst thing one could do upon reading this is move on, without contemplation, to the next book.Primordial Depravities
5By Dr. Strangelove!It’s disquieting that humans can regress into barbarism so long as civilization deems it permissible. Almost a century removed, people still struggle with urges to humiliate, emaciate, and incinerate brothers and sisters. We like to think sane people as incapable of acting on these impulses, yet the crimes recounted in Night were carried out by sane people. So, while it has been a century, it will be many centuries - if not all of human history to come - before humanity can close the book on its primordial demons. The best bulwarks against this dark nature are love and memory. Elie Wiesel contributes to that bulwark with his body of work.A must read for all humanity.
5By Screamer29I recall reading this years ago in grade school. As young as I was I don’t think I was truly able to grasp the horror of these camps. Since then I’ve grown up and out of seemingly nowhere felt the need to revisit this book. With years behind me it allows me a totally different perspective on this story. I implore everyone to read this on your own accord. Not due to a school reading list but simply to learn the history and remind ourselves that these horrors happened.G
5By tfftftftftftftftfftftfdtGoodBoring
2By strawberry tinnycakeOnly for schoolNot really
2By BlueChuckenBabyThe book was okay not very my type of book that’s would read more than once and the only reason why I read it was for schoolTouching
5By wizzybuffWell written. Very emotional.
