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After a friend recommended Night, I had to have more Elie. I don't regret in the least the short amount of time it took to read this. I'd recomme... (show more)
Day: A Novel
"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... (show more)
"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 off a New York City curb and into the path of an oncoming taxi. Consequently, most of Wiesel’s masterful portrayal of one man’s exploration of the historical tragedy that befell him, his family, and his people transpires in the thoughts, daydreams, and memories of the novel’s narrator. Torn between choosing life or death, Day again and again returns to the guiding questions that inform Wiesel’s trilogy: the meaning and worth of surviving the annihilation of a race, the effects of the Holocaust upon the modern character of the Jewish people, and the loss of one’s religious faith in the face of mass murder and human extermination.
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This was a horrible book. He tried to piece a character together through scrap emotions and events in his life. Which made the story over all unr... (show more)
This was a horrible book. He tried to piece a character together through scrap emotions and events in his life. Which made the story over all unrealistic. The pain his character shows in the book is reminiscent of a 2004 goth whose mom won't let him have a Mohawk. When Wiesel wrote this book he was going for capital gain hence why such a juvenile approach. He shouldn't write fiction. Hes a non-fiction writer and that's why "Night" was so good. He didn't have to "make up" emotions and introverted meanings. He wrote from the heart. Don't buy this or "Dawn". They were either experiments, a form of income (he knew after "night" anyone would buy anything he wrote), or him burning his demons. The 2 books are rather bad. The concept of writing style wasn't even his idea for Day. If you want to read a book on the people of the concentration camps read Viktor Frankl, Gypsy (romani) literature (rare due to there mass genocide during the holocaust), or some non-fiction book on the after effects. They are not at all like "Dawn" or "Day". So don't waste your money on one mans view point when its a fictional novel. (show less)
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I thought it was a good book to remind you about how much a holocaust survivor has gone through!
and to realize that that atrosity is still effecting people today~!Already read
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This third and final book in the "Night Trilogy" shows an aspect of Elie Wiesel's life that few can understand. I don't understand it and I doubt most readers do. It centers around a life threatening injury he recieved and the mental battles he faced during recovery. It struggles with the concepts of "God", "good vs. evil", and "the purpose of his life".
This book unleases a pain that he, and all other victims of tragedy, fight to forget. The b... (show more)
This third and final book in the "Night Trilogy" shows an aspect of Elie Wiesel's life that few can understand. I don't understand it and I doubt most readers do. It centers around a life threatening injury he recieved and the mental battles he faced during recovery. It struggles with the concepts of "God", "good vs. evil", and "the purpose of his life".
This book unleases a pain that he, and all other victims of tragedy, fight to forget. The burden that they carry cannot be forgotten by us and should motivate all to find peaceful solutions. (show less)
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