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Night

By: Elie Wiesel
Narrated by: George Guidall
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 An Oprah Winfrey Book Club Selection.

Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and the Congressional Gold Medal, Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel offers an unforgettable account of Hitler's horrific reign of terror in Night. This definitive edition features a new translation from the original French by Wiesel's wife and frequent translator, Marion Wiesel.

Though technically a novel, Night is also an unmistakably autobiographical account of the author's own gruesome experiences in Nazi Germany's death camps. Told through the eyes of 14-year-old Eliezer, the tragic fate of the Jews from the little town of Sighet unfolds with a heart-wrenching inevitability. Even as they are stuffed into cattle cars bound for Auschwitz, the townspeople refuse to believe rumors of anti-Semitic atrocities. Not until they are marched toward the blazing crematory at the camp's "reception center" does the terrible truth sink in.

Recounting the evils at Auschwitz and Buchenwald, Wiesel's enduring classic of Holocaust literature raises questions of continuing significance for all future generations: How could man commit these horrors, and could such an evil ever be repeated?

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Originally published in 1958 by Les Editions de Minuit
Translation 2006 by Marion Wiesel
Preface to the New Translation 2006 Elie Wiesel
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"Elie Wiesel’s memoir of life in the Nazi death camps has been reissued with a new translation by Wiesel’s wife, Marion. Read by George Guidall, this new edition is a brilliant and haunting reminder of these horrific crimes, as well as a testament to Wiesel’s faith and resilience. Guidall is the ideal reader, and gives yet another masterful performance. Every word Guidall utters reminds the listener of the fear, the suffering, and the hatred Wiesel witnessed and experienced as he drew upon his every instinct to fight for survival. The audio edition also contains a new preface by Wiesel, as well as Guidall’s performance of Wiesel’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech. NIGHT is already a classic, and this audio edition is a superb complement to the text. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award." (AudioFile magazine)

"[A] slim volume of terrifying power." (The New York Times)

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This is an absolutely heartbreaking recollection of crimes against the Jews during WWII. My only "criticism" is not against the excellent reading by the narrator, but as the story is told as per the eyes of a 15 year old, the aged voice of the narrator distracted a bit. The world should be learn from the horrors of the second world war, but we can see we haven't turning a blind eye to genocide around the world happening to peoples unimportant to the west or within own regions. "Never again" rings hollow and the "easy" resettlement isn't the answer.

How can one call such horror a good book?

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Powerful account of EW’s experience. The audiobook is brief yet effective and we get to understand the hopes and fears of young Ellie. May such atrocities never happen again.

Brief and exceptional account of EW experience

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I am left speechless, The weight of the words so delicately put to paper by Elie Wiesel hang so heavy in the silence where I remain after finishing this book. Words that invoked within me both horror and despair for the depths of humanity in equal measure. Thank you, Elie, for sharing such unspeakable trauma.

Speechless and in awe

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I cannot praise this book enough and strongly urge everyone to listen to it.

Exceptional must-read for everyone

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I read the book a little by accident, it was mentioned in a talk about awareness. So I started without any particular goal in mind.

As I could have expected, I found the story really inspiring. It certainly forces us to put things in perspective. After reading the story of a young innocent man sent to a concentration camp for a crime he committed 16 years ago, being born, it is difficult to see any of my everyday challenge as something terrible that could not be overcome.

The main lesson from that book is for me: "whatever you are going through, some people have experienced and overcome worse. You have inside you the required resource to overcome anything... as long as you don't give up".

Night, reviewed by Tevin Gongo

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This isn't about concentration camps amd holocaust. It about love, hope, courage and humanity.

Beautifully narrated amd memorable

Not what I was expecting

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I love survival biographies and this one is astonishing: I had a neighbour who survived Auschwitz and met her future husband there.

a must listen

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Powerful, I cried. It will take you on an emotional ride so prepare yourself and keep an open mind

Powerful

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One of the greatest books in holocaust literature. A harrowing but must read, beautifully performed. Tell your friends.

One of the greatest books in holocaust literature

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Powerful and compelling. A MUST READ so as, in his own words, Ellie Wiesel’s past does not become our future.

Powerful and compelling. A MUST READ

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