内容简介
NightisElieWiesel'smasterpiece,acandid,horrific,anddeeplypoignantautobiographicalaccountofhissurvivalasateenagerintheNazideathcamps.ThisnewtranslationbyMarionWiesel,Elie'swifeandfrequenttranslator,presentsthisseminalmemoirinthelanguageandspirittruesttotheauthor'soriginalintent.Andinasubstantivenewpreface,EliereflectsontheenduringimportanceofNightandhislifelong,passionatededicationtoensuringthattheworldneverforgetsman'scapacityforinhumanitytoman.Nightoffersmuchmorethanalitanyofthedailyterrors,everydayperversions,andrampantsadismatAuschwitzandBuchenwald;italsoeloquentlyaddressesmanyofthephilosophicalaswellaspersonalquestionsimplicitinanyseriousconsiderationofwhattheHolocaustwas,whatitmeant,andwhatitslegacyisandwillbe.
作者简介
ElieWieselistheauthorofmorethanfiftybooks,includingNight,hisharrowingaccountofhisexperiencesinNaziconcentrationcamps.Thebook,firstpublishedin1955,wasselectedforOprah’sBookClubin2006.WieselisAndrewW.MellonProfessorintheHumanitiesatBostonUniversity,andliveswithhisfamilyinNewYorkCity.HewasawardedtheNobelPeacePrizein1986.