Night is Elie Wiesel's masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps. This new translation by Marion Wiesel, Elie's wife and frequent translator, presents this seminal memoir in the language and spirit truest to the author's original intent. And in a substantive new preface, Elie reflects on the enduring importance of Night and his lifelong, passionate dedication...

"Conversations with Elie Wiesel is a far-ranging dialogue with the Nobel Peace Prize-winner on the major issues of our time and on life's timeless questions." "In open and lively responses to the probing questions and provocative comments of Richard D. Heffner - American historian, noted public television moderator/producer, and Rutgers University professor - Elie Wiesel covers fascinating and often perilous political and spiritual ground, expounding...

"[Elie Wiesel] taught at Boston University for nearly four decades, and with this book, Ariel Burger--devoted protégé, apprentice, and friend--takes us into the sacred space of Wiesel's classroom. There, Wiesel challenged his students to explore moral complexity and to resist the dangerous lure of absolutes. In bringing together never-before-recounted moments between Wiesel and his students, Witness serves as a moral education in and of itself--a...

Wiesel recounts his life's story, from his childhood in the Carpathian mountains, to his imprisonment in Auschwitz and Buchenwald, to his career as a journalist, and winning the Nobel Peace prize

Critical essays discuss Elie Wiesel's autobiographical novel about his time spent in Auschwitz as a teenager

Features the author's personal Holocaust memoir--Night, and two novels--Dawn and Day (originally published in English as The Accident).

Offers critical analysis of the major writings of Elie Wiesel, providing information on plot, character development, thematic concerns, style, and historical context.

Discusses how Elie Wiesel's "Night" incorporates the topic of genocide, and gives a short background on both the author and instances of genocide occurring today.

"For more than three decades Elie Wiesel and Jack Kolbert have maintained a warm, friendly relationship. The two first met at the University of New Mexico where Kolbert introduced Wiesel to a capacity audience during an annual public lecture series. During the last several years Kolbert has escorted his seminar classes of honor students to Wiesel's Manhattan home where these students enjoyed face-to-face discussions about the issues that have engaged...

Contains profiles of sixteen novels, each including an introduction to the story and its author, a plot summary, descriptions of characters, analysis of themes and style, discussion of historical context, a critical overview, and other related information.