- Paperback: 109 pages
- Publisher: Bantam USA; 25th Anniversary edition edition (1 Jan 1920)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0553272535
- ISBN-13: 978-0553272536
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.2 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 99,061 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This personal account of the holocaust by Elie Wiesel's book is a horrifying story of the Nazi death camps. The author tells the story in a simple manner, yet it is easy for a reader to end up feeling haunted by the accounts in "Night". It stirs sadness and profound questions in the bosom of a reader. The lessons from this book about the evil side of fallen human nature and the faith, courage and moral strength to fight the evil must never be forgotten. I recommend this book to any reader interested in the holocaust and the specter of mass killings plaguing the world today.
Also recommended are: SURVIVAL IN AUSCHWITZ, DISCIPLES OF FORTUNE
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
`Night' is a poignant, evocative story of a young Elie Wiesel and his father and their experiences in a number of concentration camps during WWII. The translation from French is done beautifully, as it is written in a plain, straightforward manner, and it reads with an eloquence and softness that belies the subject matter. As you read `Night', you find yourself cringing, eyes wide with horror, and it gives you a sick feeling in the pit of your stomach to know that innocent human beings were subjected to physical and emotional pain beyond belief. It is not graphic in the sense that there is too much information, it tells, in its simplicity, the truth of what one person experienced at one time, on this earth. Sixty years later, we believe what history has shown us of these atrocities, yet do we understand? In `Night', Elie Wiesel attempts to make us understand. He talks about Death with a capital "D" and "The Selection" of people for slaughter. His sadness and despair during his incarceration, as well as his alarming indifference to certain things in the name of survival, permeate each page. Finally, we realize that this book is written as a tribute to his father and his father's beliefs that "Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented" and keep the memory alive, "Because if we forget, we are guilty, we are accomplices". So Elie Wiesel will not stay silent, and we must never forget.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Night is often read in American HIgh School and is translated excellently from it's original French language
It is an autobiographical description of his experience from the time he was evacuated from his home in Czechoslovakia until he was liberated by the Allies from Buchenwald. He describes the process of evacuation, the trip by train to the concentration camp, his experiences immediately upon arriving at the camp, his experiences for the next year whilst in the camp.
Wiesel is an excellent writer and uses language so simply yet very effectively. There is so much horrific detail in this very short book, and his understanding of himself, and his peers in the concentration camp is outstanding.
This is only a short book of just over 100 pages but I was only able to read it in very short bursts as the detail and horror is immense. This is a magnificently written account of a time in history that is so hard for most of us to face up to.
It is an autobiographical description of his experience from the time he was evacuated from his home in Czechoslovakia until he was liberated by the Allies from Buchenwald. He describes the process of evacuation, the trip by train to the concentration camp, his experiences immediately upon arriving at the camp, his experiences for the next year whilst in the camp.
Wiesel is an excellent writer and uses language so simply yet very effectively. There is so much horrific detail in this very short book, and his understanding of himself, and his peers in the concentration camp is outstanding.
This is only a short book of just over 100 pages but I was only able to read it in very short bursts as the detail and horror is immense. This is a magnificently written account of a time in history that is so hard for most of us to face up to.
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Absolutely heart rendering!!! An excellent read!!! A*****
This book will raise everyone's awareness into the tiny fraction of Naziism in Germany. Those nasty, selfish, oblivious people out there who want to ignore the Holocaust need to... Read more
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This is one of my favorite WWII/Concentration camp books. The story of a young boy and his family who struggles to survive and is described in detail what they go through. Read more
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"Night" is Elie Wiesel's account of his time with the Nazis, from seeing them arrive in his small town in Hungary to being liberated from a concentration camp, standing in front of... Read more
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