Night

ByElie Wiesel & Marion Wiesel

Release Date: 2012-02-07
Genre: Religious Bios & Memoirs

Score: 4.5

4.5

From 4,225 Ratings

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

Overall feelings
5
By ghf_yourmom
Genuinely a book that you can read once and not want to again due to the strong sense of grief and sorrow for the victims of the Holocaust
meh
2
By rfdghgfff
its 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.
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5
By Joshua Pagan
A 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
5
By nickjj1623
Everyone 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
5
By LunaStarlight18
The 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
5
By Deadea_bro
And loved it ever since my freshman year of high school
Great read
5
By schoenbergersm
What a terrible experience.
Very Descriptive and Heartfelt
5
By book and dog lover
Wiesel’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
5
By Jmonty3455
Amazing book!
So important
5
By jedomann
May this book never be forgotten.