About this title: When a plane makes a forced landing in bad weather, five passengers take refuge in the home of a man known as "the Judge." Gradually, his questioning of them reveals more about them than they wish anyone to know--and his third degree culminates in his pronouncement that one of them must be put to death.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 08/2002
ISBN-13:9780375409097ISBN:0375409092
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 209 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Description: New. 0375409092 Dust Jacket has very little shelf wear. No remainder mark. Pages are clean with no markings, no creases and no dog-ears. Hardcover. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780375409097ISBN:0375409092
Description: Good. Hardcover ex-library book with dust jacket in good condition. All usual stamps and markings. Pages are clean and the binding is tight. read more
Description: Fine. 0375409092 Looks like an unread copy in near perfect condition. Pages are clean and not marred by marks. Scratch on back dust jacket. read more
Binding: Audio Cassette
Publisher: Recorded Books
Date Published: 2002-08
ISBN-13:9781402524837ISBN:1402524838
Description: Good. Audio book, 5 cassettes, ex-library with discard marks, Library edition, in plastic case, rental stickers on tapes and case, post office daily. read more
Binding: Audio Book
Publisher: Recorded Books
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781402522017ISBN:1402522010
Description: Good. Five RELIABLE audio cassettes in the clam shell case by Recorded Books withdrawn from the library. Some library stickers and marking to the box. The tapes inside are sturdy and presentable. Enjoy this unabridged edition! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780375409097ISBN:0375409092
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. A plane en route from New York to Tel Aviv is forced down by bad weather. A nearby house provides refuge for five of its passengers. Very good cond. read more
Edition: First Edition. First Printing.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780375409097ISBN:0375409092
Description: Dust Jacket Included. Hard Cover. 8vo-over 7 3/4"-9 3/4" tall. 209 pages. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. A touch of very light shelf wear, with a small remainder mark to top edge, else a very nice and clean copy. No inscriptions, no tears, no chips, not price clipped. First American Edition. First Printing. Protected in a new Brodart cover. read more
Edition: 1st American ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf: Distributed by Random House, New York
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780375409097ISBN:0375409092
Description: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Nice hard cover, read once. Unknown printing. (alk. paper) 209 p.; 22 cm. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Schocken Books
Date Published: 2004-10-01
ISBN-13:9780805211214ISBN:0805211217
Description: NEW. Softcover. 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: 9780805211214. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Schocken
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780805211214ISBN:0805211217
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Center Point Large Print
Date Published: 2003-05
ISBN-13:9781585472925ISBN:1585472921
Description: Like New. **LARGE PRINT**. Perfect condition, looks brand new. Not a book club, not ex-library. In stock, ships same or next day. read more
"I was really disappointed. The book is filled with trite philosophical diatribe and its digressions leave one wanting to return to the main plot. The ending is terribly predictable. It is a nice allegorical attempt...but I wouldn't read it twice."
"My mom gave me this book a few years ago, but I didn't get around to reading it until today when I realized it was probably the only book I own that I haven't read yet.
The plot is improbable... 5 passengers on a plane from NYC to Tel Aviv are sent to stay with some crazy guy calling himself "the Judge" while their plane waits for the weather to improve. "The Judge" locks them in a room together and holds them hostage. They each recount some memories from their lives, the intensity of the experience forces their personal issues to the surface and clarifies their reasons for heading to Israel.
It wasn't terrible, but it wasn't great. I found the Judge's character to be inconsistent, the plot improbable, and the characters' reaction to their situation to be wholly unrealistic. There was, however, some thought-provoking conversation on death, life, and love.
Kirkus, 06/01/2002 "From the prolific Nobelist, a novel rather artificially constructed--but for the worthy purpose of looking inside to find what meaning life can hold for any of us....Human, unpretentious, compelling explorations of what we are, and why."
New York Times Book Review, 08/25/2002 "[Wiesel's] novels--the most recent ones especially--have been so crammed with philosophical notions and heavy theorizing that whatever lie his characters might have eventually gets choked out of them. THE JUDGES is no different. The language is baroque, with Wiesel resorting to the rhetorical flourishes and exhortatory style that are often effective in his essays but can bring fiction to a screeching halt....Yet despite all this..., one reads on, to discover what is going to happen to these assorted people...." -- Robert Leiter
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