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Day by Elie Wiesel
3.0
Definitely better than Wiesel's first foray into fiction, Day is an improvement of style and writing, but still suffers from Wiesel's preference for the male mind pondering on issues of existentialism while forgoing traditional plot or any kind of propulsive energy.
The novel finds its narrator/protagonist as the victim of a horrible accident, as his body is hit by a taxi in New York City. The story, though, takes place in the aftermath of the accident, as the man recuperates in the hospital, engages with conversations with his doctor, girlfriend, and a friend painting his portrait, and thinking back on his love story and a childhood he never speaks of.
It's a much less boring read than I found "Dawn" to be, yet it is at times agonizing to spend so much space within the mind of a man who comes off as pretentious and self-aggrandizing (the character, not Wiesel).
"Night" has rightfully gone down as Wiesel's masterpiece, but now that I've read a couple of his other books, it becomes clearer as to why... His other works are just not as good as his magnum opus.
The novel finds its narrator/protagonist as the victim of a horrible accident, as his body is hit by a taxi in New York City. The story, though, takes place in the aftermath of the accident, as the man recuperates in the hospital, engages with conversations with his doctor, girlfriend, and a friend painting his portrait, and thinking back on his love story and a childhood he never speaks of.
It's a much less boring read than I found "Dawn" to be, yet it is at times agonizing to spend so much space within the mind of a man who comes off as pretentious and self-aggrandizing (the character, not Wiesel).
"Night" has rightfully gone down as Wiesel's masterpiece, but now that I've read a couple of his other books, it becomes clearer as to why... His other works are just not as good as his magnum opus.