In 1944, 15 year old Wiesel's village Sighet in Hungary was overtaken by Hitler's army. The jews in the village were deported to concentration camps, including young Wiesel and his family. NIGHT is his memoir of the year he spent in these camps. That he survived them is a miracle even he finds impossible to comprehend.
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The Holocaust is the defining experience of Nobel laureate, writer, lecturer and activist Elle Wiesel. NIGHT is his harrowing eye-witness account of the horrors he experienced. Rosenblatt has an expressive, unctuous, youthful voice, a great deal of commitment to his text, but, alas, neither taste nor technique. His NIGHT is violent melodrama rendered awkwardly. Y.R. (c) AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine
- School Library Journal...
Jeffrey Rosenblatt reads elie Wiesel's NIGHT so authentically that Wiesel's searing account...is internalized rather than merely understood. It is as though both narrator and author have seen the holocaust through the author's eyes. A new generation of middle and high school students cannot fail to connect with the youthful Wiesel. WIth a sturdy and informative case, well-marked cassettes and fine sound quality, this audiobook should be on all public and school library shelves.
- Bennet Pomerantz, Audioworld...
"Night" by Elie Wiesel is a modern day paradigm, ranking with "Diary of a Young Girl" (Anne Frank). Audio Bookshelf has released an unabridged recording of this powerful piece...Narrator Jeffrey Rosenblatt enacted this tragedy of horror with such precision, you feel you're living it as he speaks the words. He drives the content home, without raising his voice, but his performance vocalizes volumes."
