The Night Trilogy
by Elie Wiesel , Copyright 1972, 1985, 2008
Translated from the French
Three parts: Night - Dawn - Day
Night: A teen age boy describes his time in Auschwitz with his Father.
The Father is eventually killed and the boy escapes at the end of the war with Germany.
Dawn: Wiesel's second book is a novel is set in Palestine, still Jewish but ruled by Great Britain. Elisha, a young survivor of the death camps, his superiors give him the job of executing one of His Majesty's officials in retaliation.
Day: Wiesel' third book is a novel, with the same character now living in New York.
He is hit by a taxi and spend weeks in a hospital, battling the pain of his multiple injuries. There is a young woman in his life from time to time in this story.
A long read of all three parts and very interesting.
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