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by: Elie Wiesel
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.5318092 EAN: 9780374500016 ISBN: 0374500010 Label: Hill and Wang Manufacturer: Hill and Wang Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 120 Publication Date: January 16, 2006 Publisher: Hill and Wang Release Date: January 16, 2006 Sales Rank: 156 Studio: Hill and Wang Editorial Review: Related Items:
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 Rating:  - 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. Rating: - Horrific and spellbindingThis 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. Rating: - NightI liked this book but its sad. I got this book because I like history and wanted to know more about what happened in WWII. Rating: - HauntingA 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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