Night (The Night Trilogy #1)

Posted on 14 October 2018 by Elie Wiesel

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. New translation by Marion Wiesel, with a new introduction by Elie Wiesel. Best Read eBook Night (The Night Trilogy #1) by Elie Wiesel – kino-fada.fr Our lives no longer belong to us alone they belong to all those who need us desperately Elie WieselThere is little that freaks me outthan the Holocaust And I m not belittling it at all with the phrase freaks me out Growing up in the 1970s and 80s, I felt sufficiently desensitized enough by television violence to be able to gauge how often I need to shake the jiffy pop and run to the bathroom before the program violence resumes.Elie Wiesel s Night brings me back to my senses, makes me hate the cold hearted bitch I ve learned to be And not by some overtly dramatic rendition of the ho There is little that freaks me outthan the Holocaust And I m not belittling it at all with the phrase freaks me out Growing up in the 1970s and 80s, I felt sufficiently desensitized enough by television violence to be able to gauge how often I need to shake the jiffy pop and run to the bathroom before the program violence resume...The author, who is actually in the above picture, said it best in the forwardOnly those who experienced Auschwitz know what it wasI think we can all agree with that But can we, the reader, even understand what happened there Can modern men and women comprehend that cursed universe I m not entirely sure.I first read this in my eighth grade History class I was 13 It changed my life Before this book my world was sunshine and rainbows My biggest concern was whether or not a boy named Ja The author, who is actually in the above picture, said it best in the forwardOnly those who experienced Auschwitz know what it wasI think we can all agree with that But can we, the reader, even understand what happened there Can modern men and women comprehend that cursed universe I m not entirely sure.I first read this in my eighth grade History class I was 13 It changed my life Before this book my world was sunshine and rainbows My biggest concern was whether or not a boy named Jason liked me back I got mad at my mom when she made me go to bed on time, I complained if I didn t like what we were having for dinner and I argued about what I was and wasn t allowed to watch on TV.I thought I knew about WWII Both of my grandfathers served in it and so my parents wanted to make sure that we understood the sacrifices they made, the things they saw I watched documentaries about i...This book is a hard, righteous slap in the conscience to everyone of good will in the world and should stand as a stark reminder of both 1 the almost unimaginable brutality that we, as a species, are capable of and 2 that when it comes to preventing or stopping similar kinds of atrocities or punishing those that...Upon completion of this book, my mind is as numb as if I had experienced this suffering myself So much pain and suffering are thrown at you from the pages that one cannot comprehend it all in the right perspective One can only move forward as the victims in this book did Step by step, page by page Initially, numbness is the only way...The first time I read Night by Eli Wiesel I was in an eighth grade religious school class At that time it had recently become a law in my state to teach the Holocaust as part of the general curriculum, and, as a result, my classmates and I were the torchbearers to tell people to never forget and were inundated with quality Holocaust literature Yet even though middle school students can comprehend Night, the subject matter at times is still way over their heads The book itself although a prize The first time I read Night by Eli Wiesel I was in an eighth grade religious school class At that time it had recently become a law in my state to teach the Holocaust as part of the general curriculum, and, as a result, my classmates and I were the torchbearers to tell people to never forget and were inundated with quality Holocaust literature Yet even though middle school students can comprehend Night, the subject matter at times is still way over their heads The book itself although a prize winner blended into the religious school class and receded to the back of my memory bank These years later I have been enjoying a religious lifestyle for my adult life Upon hearing that Nobel Laureate Eli Wiesel passed away recently I thought now was as good of a time as any to reread his award winning account of surviving the Holocaust Although only 120 pages in length, Wiesel s memoir of life in the concentration camps is one of the most powerful pieces of literature that most people will ever rea...I was the accuser, God the accused My eyes had opened and I was alone, terribly alone in a world without God, without man Without love or mercy These words and this book just tore at my heart I have seen Night, have heard of Night for many years now I waited to read it, unsure what I could possibly gain from reading another account of the evil existing among our fellow human beings I will become enraged and depressed I can t change history I will be forced to examine my own faith and II was the accuser, God the accused My eyes had opened and I was alone, terribly alone in a world without God, without man Without love or mercy These words and this book just tore at my heart I have seen Night, have heard of Night for many years now I waited to read it, unsure what I could possibly gain from reading another account of the evil existing among our fellow human beings I will become enraged and depressed I can t change history I will be f...This book has garnered so many five star reviews and deals with such important subject matter that it almost feels like an act of heresy to give it a mere four stars Yet that is exactly what I m going to do, for while Night is a chilling account of the Holocaust and the dehumanisation and brutalisation of the human spirit under extreme circumstances, the fact remains that I ve read better ones Better wri...1956 1956, ,, , ,, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,, ,, , ,,, , ,,Terrifying I have read two books that described a nightmare, painted a picture of hell The second was Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy and first is Night I still think of this book somet...

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14 October 2018

Elie Wiesel