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Night

(Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)

By Marion Wiesel, Elie Wiesel

(61)

| Paperback | 9780140189896

8 Reviews

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    no wonder we were made to read this in high school

    This is one of those books that after years of reading it, you still remember its details vividly and you would still recommend it to friends from time to time.

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    ― Vickywt said on Mar 28, 2009 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

  • Incredible

    Everyone should read Night. It's sobering to think that real people really lived through (or died in) such events. This is Elie Wiesel's story even if not 100% autobiographically true. It's sad and poignant. It's a short but powerful story.

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    ― GLawson said on Mar 19, 2009 | Add your feedback

  • Night... eventually morphs into Day.

    A number of years ago, Elie Wiesel spoke in New Mexico... where I lived at that time. I decided to go with friends to hear Elie speak about the Holocaust as well as his experiences and memories as an adolescent and almost-man growing up in a concentration camp during WWII. Not only was I moved deepl ... (continue)

    A number of years ago, Elie Wiesel spoke in New Mexico... where I lived at that time. I decided to go with friends to hear Elie speak about the Holocaust as well as his experiences and memories as an adolescent and almost-man growing up in a concentration camp during WWII. Not only was I moved deeply, but the entire auditorium was silent and nearly in tears as Elie talked about the tortures but -- more importantly -- about the determination to forgive, to seek peace, and to work for the benefits of humanity as a result of witnessing firsthand the cruelties that we humans can inflict on one another.

    Which led me to read "Night." Once while in New Mexico. Three or four times while back in the Portland/Seattle area. And then three or four times more while instructing undergraduate students in a class entitled, "Death, Dying and Bereavement" at the University of Connecticut. I just finished reading the book -- a slim though powerful "quick" read -- again today. Elie's words cause more than a little wrenching of the soul. Especially if you really focus on what he is saying. He doesn't mince words. No flowery speech. Just tells it like he remembers it. And makes some of us want to cry while also remembering that the darkest 'night' of the mind and soul can be eclipsed by the glorious arrival of the daytime light.

    Here in the USA, it's difficult to imagine that the economy, international relationships, job loss and home foreclosures and the like can get any worse. I won't comment on President Bush, as I am a Democrat and you probably can figure out my opinion of him and his 'accomplishments' over the past eight years. Nonetheless, after reading "Night" one more time, I am reminded that a situation as bad as the current state of the USA can only get better. If Elie Wiesel survived far worse, then I can hang in there and live through this recession while maintaining common courtesy and human decency.

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    ― Kimberly Petrovic said on Nov 23, 2008 about the School & Library Binding edition | Add your feedback

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