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The matriarch Sarah, fiercely guarding her son, Isaac, against the negative influence of his half-brother Ishmael; Samson, the solitary hero and protector of his people, whose singular weakness brought about his tragic end; Isaiah, caught in the middle of the struggle between God and man, his messages of anger and sorrow counterbalanced by his timeless, eloquent vision of a world at peace; the saintly Rabbi...

"Not since Albert Camus has there been such an eloquent spokesman for man." "--The New York Times Book Review"

The publication of "Day "restores Elie Wiesel's original title to the novel initially published in English as "The Accident" and clearly establishes it as the powerful conclusion to the author's classic trilogy of Holocaust literature, which includes his memoir "Night" and novel "Dawn." "In "Night "it is the I' who speaks," writes Wiesel. "In the other two, it is the I' who listens and questions."

In its opening paragraphs, a successful journalist and Holocaust survivor steps...

"Wiesel has never allowed himself to be diverted from the role of witness for the martyred Jews and survivors of the Holocaust, and by extension for all those who through the centuries have asked Job's question: 'What is God doing and where is His justice?' Here in a masterful series of mythic portraits, drawing upon Bible tales and the Midrashim (a body of commentary), Wiesel explores 'the distant and haunting figures that molded him'...

On a Tel Aviv bus, Wiesel encounters a notorious Auschwitz barracks chief who forces him to confront past demons that he thought had long since been laid to rest. While traveling...

»Die Nacht« machte Elie Wiesel weltberühmt und sie ist heute ein Standardwerk deutscher Geschichte. Ein Zeugnis himmelschreiender Unmenschlichkeit und überwältigender Menschlichkeit, erschütternd und berührend zugleich. Jetzt, nach langen Jahren, liegt endlich die neue Übersetzung bereit, authorisiert von Elisha Wiesel, dem Sohn Wiesels. Die neue Übersetzung drückt noch stärker, noch beeindruckender und berührender aus, was der Friedensnobelpreisträger in Auschwitz erfahren musste. Jeder Satz ist ein Testament und das Werk ein zeitloses menschliches Dokument.

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A European expatriate living in New York, Doriel suffers from a profound sense of desperation and loss. His mother, a member of the Resistance, survived World War II only to die soon after in France in an accident, together with his father. Doriel was a hidden child during the war, and his knowledge of the Holocaust is largely limited to what he finds in movies, newsreels, and books. Doriel's...