Dawn, Elie Wiesel
Dawn, Elie Wiesel
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Dawn

Author: Elie Wiesel

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 3 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/06/2008

Categories: Fiction, Classic


Synopsis

With the coming of dawn is the coming of death for a captured English officer in British-controlled Palestine. Elisha, a young Israeli freedom fighter, is his executioner. Ordered to kill the officer in reprisal for Britain's execution of a Jewish prisoner, Elisha thinks about his past-a sorrowful memory of the nightmare of Nazi death camps. As the only surviving member of his family, he dreamt of a wonderful future in his promised homeland. But instead, he finds himself closer to committing heartless murder with the approach of daylight. Dawn presents a haunting glimpse into the soul of one man and a budding nation.

About Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel (1928-2016) is the author of more than fifty books, including Night, his harrowing account of his experiences in Nazi concentration camps. The book, first published in 1955, was selected for Oprah's Book Club in 2006, and continues to be an important reminder of man's capacity for inhumanity. Wiesel was Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Boston University, and lived with his family in New York City. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Chris on January 12, 2018

I am a huge fan of Elie Wiesel so was very happy with this book, since I read "Night" and saw his interview with Oprah Winfrey, I was hooked. Rarely has a such a short novel made me think as much as this one, usually its the 500 page sledgehammer that creeps into your dreams as you absorb it over a f......more

Goodreads review by Moonkiszt on December 15, 2021

The GR star system completely fails me with this book. I do not rate it 5 stars because I think it is "amazing" - I rate it that because I don't want one thing I say to keep it off anyone's list. . . anyone who feels moved (for whatever reason) should pull it on to their list and read it. For a long......more