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A review by blueranger9
Open Heart by Elie Wiesel
4.0
"Since God is, He is to be found in the questions as well as in the answers."
The last time I read a book by Elie Wiesel, I was a high school freshman living in an incredibly diverse though predominantly Jewish community. The collective stories and hardships of the Jewish people were deeply ingrained in my psyche, and I only wish I had been a little older to truly grapple with what he was conveying.
The intersection of terrible anguish and gut wrenching beauty converges in Wiesel's Open Heart. It's a quick read, yet the nuggets of insight and philosophy are not to be missed in the 79 pages. There are too many moments of astounding pain. Very few would be able to truly grasp what he means when he says, "I belong to a generation that has often felt abandoned by God and betrayed by mankind. And yet I believe that we must not give up on either...Even in the darkness it is possible to create light and encourage compassion."
I'm left in awe. I'm blown away by this collective resilience and beauty in a broken world. As the last survivors leave us, I always wonder who will remain to continually remind the world of what happened. I am heartened by Wiesel's response that, "The brain will be buried memory will survive it." All I can think of is Maya Angelou's famous phrase, "...and still I rise."
The last time I read a book by Elie Wiesel, I was a high school freshman living in an incredibly diverse though predominantly Jewish community. The collective stories and hardships of the Jewish people were deeply ingrained in my psyche, and I only wish I had been a little older to truly grapple with what he was conveying.
The intersection of terrible anguish and gut wrenching beauty converges in Wiesel's Open Heart. It's a quick read, yet the nuggets of insight and philosophy are not to be missed in the 79 pages. There are too many moments of astounding pain. Very few would be able to truly grasp what he means when he says, "I belong to a generation that has often felt abandoned by God and betrayed by mankind. And yet I believe that we must not give up on either...Even in the darkness it is possible to create light and encourage compassion."
I'm left in awe. I'm blown away by this collective resilience and beauty in a broken world. As the last survivors leave us, I always wonder who will remain to continually remind the world of what happened. I am heartened by Wiesel's response that, "The brain will be buried memory will survive it." All I can think of is Maya Angelou's famous phrase, "...and still I rise."