Dawn - Softcover

Wiesel, Elie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0809037726 ISBN 13: 9780809037728

Publisher: Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S., 2006

Synopsis

Two men wait through the night in British-controlled Palestine for dawn--and for death. One is a captured English officer. The other is Elisha, a young Israeli freedom fighter whose assignment is to kill the officer in reprisal for Britain's execution of a Jewish prisoner. Elisha's past is the nightmare memory of Nazi death camps. He is the only surviving member of his family. His future is a cherished dream of life in the promised homeland. But at daybreak his present will become the tortured reality of a principled man ordered to commit cold-blooded murder. Resonant with feeling, "Dawn" is an unforgettable journey into the human heart--and an eloquent statement about the moral basis of the new Israel.

"An illuminating document . . . the plight of traditional Jewish morality confronted with the modern world of power politics and of murder."--Maxwell Geismar

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Review:

"The anguish and loss of the moral Jew who has placed himself on the other side of the gun" --Commentary

"Shines gemlike with delicate writing," --Saturday Review

About the Author:

Elie Wiesel (1928-2016) is the author of more than fifty books, including Night, his harrowing account of his experiences in Nazi concentration camps. The book, first published in 1955, was selected for Oprah's Book Club in 2006, and continues to be an important reminder of man's capacity for inhumanity. Wiesel was Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Boston University, and lived with his family in New York City. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0809037726
• ISBN 13: 9780809037728
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96