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HOSTAGE

by Elie Wiesel & translated by Catherine Temerson

Nobel Peace Prize winner Wiesel continues to remind us of the brilliant possibilities of the philosophical and political... Full review >

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NIGHT

by Elie Wiesel & translated by Marion Wiesel

The author's youthfulness helps to assure the inevitable comparison with the Anne Frank diary although over and above the... Full review >

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AND THE SEA IS NEVER FULL

by Elie Wiesel

Wiesel tells us about his marriage to Marion (“for the first time, at age forty, I experience daily life with a woman”), his... Full review >

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THE JUDGES

by Elie Wiesel & translated by Geoffrey Strachan

Human, unpretentious, compelling explorations of what we are, and why. Full review >

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WISE MEN AND THEIR TALES

by Elie Wiesel

Wiesel proposes few definitive answers—here, the question mark appears as often as the period. But his explorations, drawing... Full review >

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A MAD DESIRE TO DANCE

by Elie Wiesel & translated by Catherine Temerson

Philosophy meets psychology in this profound, often poetic novel. Full review >

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