Night is a memoir of Wiesel's time spent in concentration camps and
work camps during WW2. This was an excellent book and his writing
is outstanding, but I would not recommend it to the faint of heart.
He describes the very real, but very disgusting acts that were
taken out on Jews and other prisoners held in the camps in detail.
There are many books about the holocaust and the horrible effects
of the Nurembourg Laws on Jews in Germany. What I found remarkable
about Wiesel's book was the raw emotion he writes with - he does
not only reflect on what happened to him and his family but also on
how he actually felt towards the people around him, the nazis, and
God. He also touched on some topics that are not easily or
frequently talked about, such as prisoners fighting each other over
food and the death marches that occured shortly before
liberation.
An excellent book that deserves all the acclaim. Highly
recommended!
Night is the first part of a trilogy about his life and I look
forward to reading the other two books: Dawn and Day