Night is one of the masterpieces of Holocaust literature. First published in 1960, it is the autobiographical account of an adolescent boy and his father in Auschwitz. Elie Wiesel writes of their battle for survival, and of his battle with God for a way to understand the wanton cruelty he witnesses each day. In the short novel Dawn (1961), a young man who has survived the Second World War and settled in Palestine is apprenticed to a Jewish underground movement, where the former victim is commanded to execute a British officer who has been taken hostage. In Day (previously titled The Accident, 1962), Wiesel questions the limits of the spirit and the self: Can Holocaust survivors forge a new life without the memories of the old?
Wiesel's trilogy offers meditations on mankind's attraction to violence and on the temptation of self-destruction.
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Hard to find book:
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If you have read Night by Eli Wiesel you must read his Trilogy- Night, Dawn, and Day:
I love Eli Wiesel's story. The first book of his I read was Night, I think it was actually a required reading back when I was in middle school. It was this book which sparked my interest in reading survival stories from the Holocaust and other like literature from that era. A few years back I came across Eli Wiesel's trilogy: Night, Dawn, and Day. I was not aware that he had published any other books of this type until then. I thought Night was such a moving story I bought the trilogy. The parts Dawn and... more info
A Necessary Read for Humanity:
"Night" is without a doubt, the best of the three works in the trilogy. Wiesel's experiences are heart-breaking, yet he retells his story with a degree of frankness that illustrates the complete emotional breakdown that victims of the concentration camps experienced. "Night" is an horrifying account of the Holocaust, and it ought to be read for years to come as a reminder to what can happen when mankind loses its humanity. Although Wiesel prefaces "Dawn" and "Day" as being works of fiction, the two stories... more info
Great Book:
This book is great. Obviously Night was the best portion as I thought Dawn and Day were a little slow, but I would definitely recommend this book to anyone interested in this genre.
