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Cover art for ANI MAAMIN
NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 1, 1974
ANI MAAMIN: A SONG LOST AND FOUND AGAIN = UN CHANT PERDU ET RETROUVE
by Elie Wiesel

"I believe" — from Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, given new meaning by the Jews in the camps, an article of faith reaffirmed yet again here as a cantata. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 12, 1978
A JEW TODAY
by Elie Wiesel, translated by Marion Wiesel
"No cumulative effect but, with the Holocaust, a strong, inescapable impact."
Recent essays. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: May 17, 1979
THE TRIAL OF GOD
by Elie Wiesel, translated by Marion Wiesel
"Finding a shape for the ultimate seriousness that infuses his thought remains Wiesel's thorn; his success here again is only intermittent."
Inside "the kingdom of night"—the concentration camp—Wiesel actually witnessed a trial which put God up as the accused, charged with being either accepting of or blind to the murder of HIS chosen people. Read full book review >
Cover art for FROM THE KINGDOM OF MEMORY
NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 1, 1990
FROM THE KINGDOM OF MEMORY: REMINISCENCES
by Elie Wiesel
"Wiesel continues to speak of shameful and painful events in human history, wounding and enlightening at the same time."
In this collection of speeches and essays (some reprinted from the New York Times, Parade, etc.), Wiesel pleads passionately for preserving the integrity of memory and language in order to restore meaning to human life and its essential human attribute, language. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 1991
SAGES AND DREAMERS: HASIDIC, BIBLICAL, AND TALMUDIC PORTRAITS AND LEGENDS
by Elie Wiesel
"Informative and moving: a rich collage."
Reflections by the Nobel-winning philosopher and novelist on the prophets, scribes, and rebbes who comprise the histories and myths of Jewish folklore. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: April 1, 1992
THE FORGOTTEN
by Elie Wiesel
"Another wise and somber facet of Wiesel's exploration of the nurturing bonds between generations of living and dead."
"To forget is to abandon, to forget is to repudiate." Read full book review >