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by Elie Wiesel (Author), Marion Wiesel (Author) "They called him Moché the Beadle, as though he had never had a surname in his life ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin; New Ed edition (30 Oct 1986)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140060286
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140060287
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 1.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 39,988 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Born into a Jewish ghetto in Hungary, as a child, Elie Wiesel was sent to the Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald. This is his account of that atrocity: the ever-increasing horrors he endured, the loss of his family and his struggle to survive in a world that stripped him of humanity, dignity and faith. Describing in simple terms the tragic murder of a people from a survivor’s perspective, Night is among the most personal, intimate and poignant of all accounts of the Holocaust. A compelling consideration of the darkest side of human nature and the enduring power of hope, it remains one of the most important works of the twentieth century.


About the Author

Elie Wiesel was born in 1928 in Sighet, Transylvania, which is now part of Romania. He was fifteen years old when he and his family were deported by the Nazis to Auschwitz. After the war, Elie Wiesel studied in Paris and later became a journalist. During an interview with the distinguished French writer, Francois Mauriac, he was persuaded to write about his experiences in the death camps. The result was his internationally acclaimed memoir, La Nuit or Night, which has since been translated into more than thirty languages.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful is an understatement, 5 Jan 2006
By Kurt Messick "FrKurt Messick" (London, SW1) - See all my reviews
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I recall when I first read 'Night', it was just after Elie Wiesel had given a lecture at my university. It was in the mid-1980s, and the lecture hall was standing-room-only. Wiesel's presentation moved us to tears, and moved us to anger, and moved me to want to follow up on his words by reading what he had written.

This is supposed to be fiction, but in a style that seems to be typical of many modern Israeli novelists, it is so close to the truth of the actual events that transpired in Wiesel's life that it might as well be treated as autobiographical. This is actually part of a trilogy - Night, Dawn, and The Accident - although each element stands alone with integrity.

How does one deal with survival after such atrocities as that at Birkenau and Auschwitz? How can one have faith in the world? How can one accept that a people so closely identified with a powerful God can ever accept that God again? Where is God in the midst of such things?

Wiesel himself as spent his life in search of such answers, but doesn't provide them here. Why then would one want to read such accounts as these? Wiesel was silent for many years, until he was brought into speech and writing as a witness to the events. Wiesel proclaims that there is in the world now a new commandment - 'Thou shalt not stand idly by' - when such things are happening, one must act. One must remember the past in all its personal aspects to both honour those who suffered and to forestall such things happening again (which, given the the depressing repetitive nature of history, is a difficult task).

This is the longest short book I've ever read. It is one that has stayed with me from the first page, and I've never been able to shake the images brought forward, the misery and suffering, the existence of evil and brutality, the sadness and desolation. We live in a culture that likes to gloss over pain and suffering, mask it with drugs and other things, and always end the story with a happy ending.

There is no happy ending here - even Wiesel's own survival is a questionable good here. How does one live after this? How does the world go on?

One thing is certain, we must never forget, and this book is part of that active remembering that we are called to do.

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Touching, 17 Feb 2005
By Edward Tem (Manchester, UK) - See all my reviews
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

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A numbing book that should be compulsory reading for all, 11 Jul 2001
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Wiesel's experience of Holocaust is related in ordinary language, through ordinary eyes, and as a matter of fact in the life of a young boy caught up in Shoah. Anyone trying to get their head around even the most rudimentary understanding of the obscenity of Hitler's "Final Solution" should take up this book - I guarantee that it will not be easily put down, and it's content will live on in your memory.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Elie Wiesel is atrue voice of truth and conscience
Night by Elie Wiesel is not only one of the definitve works on Holocaust literature, it is one of the most definitve works on humanity. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Gary Selikow

5.0 out of 5 stars We must never forget.
`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. Read more
Published on 31 Jul 2007 by maya j

5.0 out of 5 stars Elie Wiesel's vividly haunting memoir still reminds us. . .
In a world that often feels like it is teetering toward relenting madness, Elie Wiesel's vividly haunting memoir still reminds us that there was a precedent for the deranged... Read more
Published on 3 Feb 2006 by David Dienson

5.0 out of 5 stars Elsie Wiesel's 'Night'
It's hard to know what to say about this book: I have a feeling that what it describes should only be told in its own words. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars This book should be compulsory reading for everyone.
Without a doubt this is one of the greatest books of the twentieth century, made even greater by the fact that it comes from one of humanity's darkest moments. Read more
Published on 28 Mar 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars The Night by Elie Wiesel (ELI VI zel)
The book "The Night" by Elie Wiesel does not do less then make you think how lucky you are to be in this world with your family. Read more
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