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I read this book because it was on one of the "100 Books to Read Before You Die" lists. I like reading books from this list because it introduces me to authors and subjects I otherwise wouldn't read about.
Elie Wiesel was a teenager in Sighet, Romania when his family was captured by the German Nazi's in May 1944 and brought to a concentration camp. He was immediately separated from his mother and younger sister; he and his father were together almost until the end of the war when his father died. ...more
Elie Wiesel was a teenager in Sighet, Romania when his family was captured by the German Nazi's in May 1944 and brought to a concentration camp. He was immediately separated from his mother and younger sister; he and his father were together almost until the end of the war when his father died. ...more
Short and powerful. There's a reason that this won the Nobel Peace Prize. One horrendous year of Elie Wiesel's teens condensed into 116 unforgettable pages of poetical prose. A must read.
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Read for my Poland book, 2012 Around the World In 52 Books.
Quick read. Scary what we can do to one another and amazing what one can endure. A tale that needed to be told so we never forget.
Quick read. Scary what we can do to one another and amazing what one can endure. A tale that needed to be told so we never forget.
On this topic, I preferred Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning even though Wiesel is a renowned author. His style just doesn't move me, no matter how much I want it to.
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Nov 11, 2012
Melissa Lindsey
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it was amazing
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Feb 21, 2015
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