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A review by gorg_j
Night by Elie Wiesel
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
I feel wrong rating books like these, so here are a few quotes I saved.
“NEVER SHALL I FORGET that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed.”
“He liked my shoes; I would not let him have them. Later, they were taken from me anyway. In exchange for nothing, that time.”
“But deep inside, I knew that to sleep meant to die. And something in me rebelled against that death.
Death, which was settling in all around me, silently, gently. It would seize upon a sleeping person, steal into him and devour him bit by bit. Next to me, someone was trying to awaken his neighbor, his brother, perhaps, or his comrade. In vain. Defeated, he lay down too, next to the corpse, and also fell asleep. Who would wake him up? ”
“NEVER SHALL I FORGET that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed.”
“He liked my shoes; I would not let him have them. Later, they were taken from me anyway. In exchange for nothing, that time.”
“But deep inside, I knew that to sleep meant to die. And something in me rebelled against that death.
Death, which was settling in all around me, silently, gently. It would seize upon a sleeping person, steal into him and devour him bit by bit. Next to me, someone was trying to awaken his neighbor, his brother, perhaps, or his comrade. In vain. Defeated, he lay down too, next to the corpse, and also fell asleep. Who would wake him up? ”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide, Physical abuse, Violence, Antisemitism, Murder, and War