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 [Wiesel's] slim volume of terrifying power is the documentary of a boy - himself- who survived the "Night" that destroyed his parents and baby sister, but lost his God. Is contained inHas as a commentary on the textHas as a student's study guide
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(retrieved from Amazon Thu, 12 Mar 2015 18:11:35 -0400)
Born in the town of Sighet, Transylvania, Elie Wiesel was a teenager when he and his family were taken from their home in 1944 to the Auschwitz concentration camp, and then to Buchenwald. [This book] is the terrifying record of Elie Wiesel's memories of the death of his family, the death of his own innocence, and his despair as a deeply observant Jew confronting the absolute evil of man.… (more)
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Penguin Australia2 editions of this book were published by Penguin Australia.
Editions: 0140189890, 0141038993
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