The Testament - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671448331 ISBN 13: 9780671448332

Publisher: Summit Books

Synopsis

Writing in prison, a Russian Jewish poet recounts the hopes, frustrations, and ultimate futility of his attempt to reconcile the beliefs of his Jewish heritage and the Communist ideal he has pursued

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Review:

"Reaches a climax of tragic power. . . . [Wiesel] has wrested life out of death."
-- D. M. Thomas, author of The White Hotel

"A fervent, eloquent, and disciplined account of the moral journey endemic to our times."
-- Christian Science Monitor

"A wonderful, huge novel that sings with imagination and great-heartedness."
--The Boston Globe

"Reaches a climax of tragic power. . . . [Wiesel] has wrested life out of death."
--D. M. Thomas, author of The White Hotel

"A fervent, eloquent, and disciplined account of the moral journey endemic to our times."
--Christian Science Monitor

About the Author:

ELIE WIESEL was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. The author of more than fifty internationally acclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction, he was Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities and University Professor at Boston University for forty years. Wiesel died in 2016.

About this edition

• Publisher: Summit Books
• ISBN 10: 0671448331
• ISBN 13: 9780671448332
• Binding: Hardcover