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Dawn

by Elie Wiesel, Frances Frenaye

3.6
(42 ratings)
96 pages2006Hill and WangISBN 9780809037728
ClassicsWarsadCharacter drivenWeak Character Development
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About this book

Two men wait through the night in British-controlled Palestine for dawn - and for death. One is a captured English officer. The other is Elisha, a young Israeli freedom fighter whose assignment is to kill the officer in reprisal for Britain's execution of a Jewish prisoner. Elisha's past is the nightmare memory of Nazi death camps. He is the only surviving member of his family. His future is a cherished dream of life in the promised homeland. But at daybreak his present will become the tortured reality of a principled man ordered to commit cold-blooded murder. Resonant with feeling, DAWN is an unforgettable journey in the human heart - and an eloquent statement about the moral basis of the new Israel.

Publication Details

Publisher
Hill and Wang
Published
2006
Pages
96
ISBN
9780809037728
Language
en

About Elie Wiesel

Eliezer Wiesel is a Romania-born American novelist, political activist, and Holocaust survivor of Hungarian Jewish descent. He is the author of over 40 books, the best known of which is Night, a memoir that describes his experiences during the Holocaust and his imprisonment in several concentration camps. Wiesel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. On November 30, 2006 Wiesel received an honorary knighthood in London, England in recognition of his work toward raising Holocaust education in the United Kingdom. Source: Goodreads.com

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