The Judges, Elie Wiesel
The Judges, Elie Wiesel
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The Judges

Author: Elie Wiesel

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 6 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/04/2011


Synopsis

A plane en route from New York to Tel Aviv is forced down by bad weather. A nearby house provides refuge for five of its passengers: Claudia, who has left her husband and found new love; Razziel, a religious teacher who was once a political prisoner; Yoav, a terminally ill Israeli commando; George, an archivist who is hiding a Holocaust secret that could bring down a certain politician; and Bruce, a would-be priest turned philanderer. Their host - an enigmatic and disquieting man who calls himself simply the Judge - begins to interrogate them, forcing them to face the truth and meaning of their lives. Soon he announces that one of them-the least worthy - will die.

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 Lenka on January 11, 2020

Achjo. Tohle vypadalo tak zajímavě. Pošahaný soudce zavře po nouzovém přistání 5 cizích lidí do jednoho pokoje a rozehraje s nimi psychologickou hru. Super. Ale proč se to proboha muselo zvrtnout v náboženskou pseudo filozofickou úvahu o životě a smrti? Raziel a jeho back story pro mě byla vyloženě......more

Goodreads review by Kelly on December 10, 2019

Was a struggle to finish, unlikeable characters.......more

Goodreads review by Janis on March 27, 2023

I would have rated this as only 2 stars if it weren’t for the last 30 or so pages. The first 170 or so weren’t my genre but I hate not finishing a book. Read the synapsis on the cover flap to see if you might be interested.......more