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Day

Author:
Elie Wiesel
Read by:
George Guidall
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Book
6
Narrator
1
Release Date
February 6, 2008
Duration
3 hours 54 minutes
Summary
Narrated by 2026 Audio Publishers Association Hall of Fame inductee George Guidall!



'Not since Albert Camus has there been such an eloquent spokesman for man.' --The New York Times Book Review

The publication of Day restores Elie Wiesel's original title to the novel initially published in English as The Accident and clearly establishes it as the powerful conclusion to the author's classic trilogy of Holocaust literature, which includes his memoir Night and novel Dawn. 'In Night it is the ‘I' who speaks,' writes Wiesel. 'In the other two, it is the ‘I' who listens and questions.'

In its opening paragraphs, a successful journalist and Holocaust survivor steps off a New York City curb and into the path of an oncoming taxi. Consequently, most of Wiesel's masterful portrayal of one man's exploration of the historical tragedy that befell him, his family, and his people transpires in the thoughts, daydreams, and memories of the novel's narrator. Torn between choosing life or death, Day again and again returns to the guiding questions that inform Wiesel's trilogy: the meaning and worth of surviving the annihilation of a race, the effects of the Holocaust upon the modern character of the Jewish people, and the loss of one's religious faith in the face of mass murder and human extermination.
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Profile Avatar mariyan kolev Dec 2016

An incredible book. I have not read most of Elie Wiesel's books( this is my second one) but I found out that he is a great author. I could put myself in the position of the character. Especially good is the concept of G-d that Elie Wiesel's character has - one of terrible punishment. Accordingly, G-d is one that does not mind people being massacred or little 12 year old girls being raped. The book, indeed, makes the reader think in what world do we live in. At first we want independence, and to be fully independent it presupposes that G-d should not be involved with us, but after all we want dependence from Him in our affairs. Elie Wiesel asks with his book" What G-d are you G-d,why do you not help us?" and G-d answers " Make up your mind Humans, what type of G-d do you want? P.S What type of Humans you are, but this is small matter compared with you accusing me of my governship of the World. I have delegated everything to you, Humans. Your prayers for Independence and freedom of thought reached me a long time ago - during the Haskala to be precise".

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Author: Elie Wiesel
Read by: George Guidall
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