Dawn - Elie Wiesel; with a new preface by the author

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Dawn

A Novel

Elie Wiesel; with a new preface by the author

Hill and Wang, March 2006
ISBN: 978-0-8090-3772-8, ISBN10: 0-8090-3772-6,
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, 96 pages,
Trade Paperback, $9.95

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See All Categories Holocaust Studies Holocaust Studies - All Titles Jewish Studies Jewish Studies - All Titles Literature World: Africa & Middle East Young Adult Literature Young Adult Fiction

Dawn, the second book in Elie Wiesel's masterful Night trilogy, which begins with the unforgettable memoir Night and concludes with the acclaimed novel Day (previously titled The Accident), is a haunting meditation on guilt, moral ambiguity, and the justification man makes for the act of murder. Elisha, a young Holocaust survivor now living as a terrorist in British-controlled Palestine, awaits dawn, when he has been ordered to kill a captive English officer. Caught between the manifold horrors of the past and the troubling dilemmas of the present, Elisha wrestles with guilt, ghosts, and ultimately God as he awaits the appointed hour for his act of assassination. A new preface by the author reflects on the enduring questions raised in Dawn and on the novel's place in this powerful trilogy.

Praise

"The anguish and loss of the moral Jew who has placed himself on the other side of the gun"—Commentary

"Shines gemlike with delicate writing."—Saturday Review

About the Author(s)

Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel is the author of more than forty internationally acclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction. He has been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States of America Congressional Gold Medal, the French Legion of Honor, and, in 1986, the Nobel Peace Prize. He is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities and University Professor at Boston University.

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