Comments on: Night by Elie Wiesel

By: 2010 Reading Roundup. « Hungry Like the Woolf

2010 Reading Roundup. « Hungry Like the Woolf — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 10:36:07 +0000

[...] I have not included Night by Elie Wiesel on this list. I have reasons. For instance, Night is not a book of fiction. But this and my other [...]

By: Kerry

Kerry — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 14:09:29 +0000

Thank you. It is quite short and, despite the horror, bolsters the sense that the way you live matters. I look forward to reading your reaction when you do read it.

And, of course, it will wait for the right time. (I also waited a long, long time to read Schindler’s List because each time I thought about it, I hesitated because I dreaded looking through that particular window into the abyss.)

By: Kerry

Kerry — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 14:04:02 +0000

From what one gleans of the man from this book, I am not surprised you found him humbling. I know I am humbled just having read the one book.

By: whisperinggums

whisperinggums — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 00:27:03 +0000

Lovely review Kerry. This is one of those books I want to read one day – despite the horror of its subject matter.

By: Justine

Justine — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 10:45:51 +0000

I have met Elie Wiesel and he is a humbling human being. I can only imagine that his writing would be equally humbling.