About this title: From the Nobel laureate author of "Night" comes a searing new novel about a man whose life is shaped by his changing grasp of the horrors of the 20th century.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780307266507ISBN:0307266508
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Description: New. AUDIOBOOK. NOT A BOOK! Please order accordingly! All Audiobooks are in the original factory sealed shrinkwrap box! Box may show signs of dents, etc. All CD's Are guaranteed to play! Audio CD, New, 2009, read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
Date Published: 2009-02-17
ISBN-13:9780307266507ISBN:0307266508
Description: NEW. Hardcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780307266507. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780307266507ISBN:0307266508
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Binding: Spoken Word Compact Disc
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 2009-02-17
ISBN-13:9780739382066ISBN:0739382063
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Binding: Audio CD
Publisher: Random House Audio
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780739382066ISBN:0739382063
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Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, USA
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780307266507ISBN:0307266508
Description: As New in As New dust jacket; Signed by Author. 8vo. 9780307266507. A First US Edition/First printing in unread As New condition in alike dustjacket, SIGNED by author and Nobel Laureate, Elie Wiesel directly on the title page. Originally published in France as Un désir fou de danser by Édition de Seuil; Wiesel's tale of Doriel Waldman, expatriate in New York, who remembers his childhood in a Polish village and guiltsuffers from a profound sense of desperation and loss. In his studies of Judaism ... read more
Edition: First edition. First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780307266507ISBN:0307266508
Description: New in new dust jacket. Signed by author. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 271 p. Audience: General/trade. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. First Edition/First Printing. New book, opened only for signing. Brodart protected, ships in a box. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Random House Inc
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780307266507ISBN:0307266508
Description: From the Nobel laureate author of "Night" comes a searing new novel about a man whose life is shaped by his changing grasp of the horrors of the 20th century. read more
"I've spent an hour or so trying to figure out how the review for this book should go.
My rating is not based on the literary quality of the book. It's based on how the book made me feel. While parts were thought-provoking, the majority of the book dragged my spirits down so low that just reading it put me in a perpetually bad mood.
The only redeeming parts of the book were from the therapist's point of view, but even then the feeling of helplessness and waste was overwhelming.
It's not an easy read and I pretty much forced my way through it."
"Wiesel writes about a man who seeks professional counseling, and what unravels is untidy. It is an out-of-sequence recollection of events, (childhood during WW II) which make sense to the reader by the end of the book, but along the way it follows the same zig-zag, randomness of the brain's ability to recall and remember. The event is recalled, in all its detail, complete with an emotive response in the body, but the reader experiences the same confusion as the patient in the novel. That's why I consider it a brilliant piece of writing, but not an easy one."
"The interaction between the survivor of multiple tragedies and his psychoanalyst is remarkable. The ending of course makes the book come together after you had given up on expecting any cohesive finale. All Holocaust tales are painful, but this one is rich with other subtleties."
"By Elie Wiesel (yes, that one) - so it's a good guess that it's holocaust-related.
Doriel, living in New York, is the son of holocaust survivors who die tragically after they survive the camps. Unable to make a direct connection to them, and without a tangible understanding of the holocaust, he turns to a psychoanalyst to try to figure out himself and his family."
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