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| 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Hill and Wang Catalog: Book Release date: 2006-01-16 Media: Paperback Number of pages: 120 Ean: 9780374500016 Book Isbn: 0374500010  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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 Written on July 8, 2008 Summary: Simple, thought provoking I've never read such a short book with such a huge impact. When I read this as part of a college class, we learned that it was originally some 600 pages long. Then the author decided to cut it down to the absolute bare bones - and it worked brilliantly. Too much writing could cushion the devastation - getting bogged down in details could allow a reader to become jaded. However, such stark minimalism forces a reader to think about what is being said. And significantly, Wiesel doesn't describe every horror. He leads us to the brink, and lets the reader imagine the next step. Rather like watching a horror movie and seeing a character walk into the dark without seeing what happens to them. Just as many Jewish families had to do during this time, when loved ones were taken away never to return. The intentionally large gaps between some of the paragraphs faithfully evoke the silence the author needs to convey so a reader must contemplate what has passed. Much like "The Color Purple" evoked the reality of blacks in that time with the deceptively simple diary of one young black woman, "Night" reveals the tangible horror the Jews faced around WWII from the eyes of a Jewish boy. I have seen the film version of The Color Purple, and also Schindler's List. Both are strong films, but they lack the power of this simple narrative. The best book I have ever read about the tragedy of the Holocaust. Written on June 23, 2008 Summary: Words Can Not Describe..... Man's inhumanity to man from one who survived it. As Mr. Wiesel notes in the introduction of his book, words can not--do not--describe what it was like--must have been like--to endure man's inhumanity to man. We in this day and time can't imagine, can't begin to fathom, what Mr. Wiesel's words try to describe. The Holocaust, combined with the Russian Army's treatment of German women and with Japanese treatment of the Chinese surely must mark one of the darkest, most despicable times of man upon the earth. Where, in deed, was God? Yet, because we are still here--the Director did not come on stage and stop the play to use C.S. Lewis' imagery--there is still hope. God has not yet given up on man, but sometimes we wonder--at times like Mr. Wiesel describes--why He hasn't. He must see something, some possibility in man that we don't always see ourselves--and sometimes try very hard to hide and overcome. Mr. Wiesel's Nobel Prize acceptance, coming as it does, at the end of the book, is one of the most powerful statements ever made about man's responsibility--about our individual responsibility--to stand up for those who need our help and support. Abraham Lincoln may have said it best in his Gettysburg Address, "...That these dead have not died in vain...." Mr. Wiesel's work speaks powerfully toward that end. Written on June 22, 2008 Summary: Horrific and spellbinding This novel to me portrays the absolute depravity and madness that humanity can fall into. The beginning superbly portrays the false hope that many people had that this situation would just blow over until it was too late despite the warnings from many people that it was just beginning. The language is so heart-rending and drips with rhetoric and deep meaning that sears the soul. The authors portrayal of his loss of faith and soul is so beautiful and yet so devastating in it's simple clarity that I felt I was there with him losing my mind. The deaths of those around him and the way he explains it makes me feel like their deaths weren't in vain and are left unsullied by his beautiful words. There is only one thing I would wish for this novel and that would be for it to be longer...I was left wanting to hear more about what happened. Written on June 6, 2008 Summary: Night I liked this book but its sad. I got this book because I like history and wanted to know more about what happened in WWII. Written on June 3, 2008 Summary: Haunting A must read so we will not forget that the civilized world swore we would not allow this to happen again. To our shame our country turned a blind eye to Rwanda and Darfur because we have forgotten. This book is a quick read, but has a long lasting impact. |
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| Catalog | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book |
| Release date | 2006-01-16 | 1988-10-11 | 1994-09-01 | 1999-10-01 | 1987-03-12 | 1987-08-12 |
| Media | Paperback | Mass Market Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Mass Market Paperback | Mass Market Paperback |
| Number of pages | 120 | 281 | 224 | 192 | 304 | 208 |
| Ean | 9780374500016 | 9780446310789 | 9780385474542 | 9780140283334 | 9780449213940 | 9780345342966 |
| Book Isbn | 0374500010 | 0446310786 | 0385474547 | 0140283331 | 0449213943 | 0345342968 |
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