About this title: Gregor--a teenaged boy who is the lone survivor of his family--hides from the Germans during World War Two in a cave in the forest, where he meets a mysterious stranger who saves his life; in the village, posing as a deaf-mute peasant boy; and among the partisans of the Jewish resistance. But where, he asks, is God hiding, and where can one find redemption in a world that God has abandoned?This story, punctuated by themes of friendship, fear, sacrifice, and betrayal, takes us deep into the ghost-filled inner world of the survivor.
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Schocken Books
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780805206982ISBN:0805206981
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Highlighting/underlining. Very good condition-with minor highlighting and underlining throughout the text. Text in English, French. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 226 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. 0805208968 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Nice Copy. Crisp and clean some unobtrusive underlining noted. Binding is tight. Spine is square and has no creasing. 245 p. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Schocken Books
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780805206982ISBN:0805206981
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover shows wear with a creases along spine and at corners, small scrape on front; small water mark at bottom corner of first few pages before text. 226 p. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Schocken Books
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780805206982ISBN:0805206981
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Text in English, French. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 226 p. Audience: General/trade. Some shelf dust soiling on the bottom. read more
Edition: Mass Market Paperback
Binding: Sofcover-Good
Publisher: Avon / Bard, New York
Date Published: 1972
Description: Good. No Jacket. Mass Market Fiction Fiction: A mass market paperback edition of Wiesel's novel about growing up and facing the Holocaust. In good shape. read more
"This was an intensely dark and psychological book, one whose hauntingly real context makes for a very tortuous read. Set against the backdrop of the Shoah, this is the story of a young man who has narrowly escaped deportation. He flees to a cave in the forest and later to other parts of the back country. The reader is then witness to his slow and most certain loss of faculties and self. Much of the dialogue feels like a page torn out of _Waiting for Godot_; but the tragic element is that this loss of sanity is all too based in reality. In the face of such horror, how could you expect anyone to maintain any kind of grip on reality? The book does have an unexpected lift near the end. The only thing that kept me going was Wiesel's use of language. He is a master storyteller, no matter what story he is relating."
"The book was confusing. Full of emotion. Pulls you in without understanding, and I think that's the point. Such sadness but it teaches the importance of laughter, love and happiness. The future is not open, but is shaped by the past. A few memorable parts of the book include the following; A chance meeting can change the whole world and bring all things into question. Nothing exists purely on its own, past and future can be conceived only as a function of the present, a present which constantly expands and exceeds itself. The simple look of a man in a crown is enough to force a new beginning.
Do you know why God demands that you love him? He doesn't need your love, he can do without it, but you can't.
The messiah isn't one man, he's all men. As long as there are men, there will be hope."
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