Night

By: Elie Wiesel

Narrated by: George Guidall

Length: 4 hrs and 17 mins

Publisher's summary

Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and the Congressional Gold Medal, Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel offers an unforgettable account of Hitler's horrific reign of terror in Night. This definitive edition features a new translation from the original French by Wiesel's wife and frequent translator, Marion Wiesel.

Night is an unmistakably autobiographical account of the author's own gruesome experiences in Nazi Germany's death camps. Told through the eyes of 14-year-old Eliezer, the tragic fate of the Jews from the little town of Sighet unfolds with a heart-wrenching inevitability. Even as they are stuffed into cattle cars bound for Auschwitz, the townspeople refuse to believe rumors of anti-Semitic atrocities. Not until they are marched toward the blazing crematory at the camp's "reception center" does the terrible truth sink in.

Recounting the evils at Auschwitz and Buchenwald, Wiesel's enduring classic of Holocaust literature raises questions of continuing significance for all future generations: How could man commit these horrors, and could such an evil ever be repeated?

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©1972, 1985 Elie Wiesel
Originally published in 1958 by Les Editions de Minuit
Translation 2006 by Marion Wiesel
Preface to the New Translation 2006 Elie Wiesel
(P)2006 Recorded Books LLC

Critic reviews

"Elie Wiesel’s memoir of life in the Nazi death camps has been reissued with a new translation by Wiesel’s wife, Marion. Read by George Guidall, this new edition is a brilliant and haunting reminder of these horrific crimes, as well as a testament to Wiesel’s faith and resilience. Guidall is the ideal reader, and gives yet another masterful performance. Every word Guidall utters reminds the listener of the fear, the suffering, and the hatred Wiesel witnessed and experienced as he drew upon his every instinct to fight for survival. The audio edition also contains a new preface by Wiesel, as well as Guidall’s performance of Wiesel’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech. NIGHT is already a classic, and this audio edition is a superb complement to the text. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award." (AudioFile magazine)

"[A] slim volume of terrifying power." (The New York Times)

I just love it I have read it 5 times !

this was my first book I ever read while I was learning English and I loved it he made me fall in love with reading and I have read almost all of his books! but I keep coming back to this one!

For today this is vital

The current White House is tearing children away from their mothers much like the Nazis did. We must recognize this in humanity and it’s danger to our culture and our principles and organize to reject it in the next election. This book is a must read!

Such a moving story!

I cannot fathom how anyone can walk around the US spouting falsehoods about the genocide committed by the Nazis as "fake news". brilliantly written and narrated, thank you for your wise words.

Captivating

Amazing book, heart breaking story ! Helped me to understand what the Jewish people really had to go through.

Journey of Terror

Outstanding but be ready for tears, anger, and helplessness. Every human being needs to read this book. This book puts one in the middle of the feelings of those subjected to inhuman terror.

Exceptional

This is a harrowing story of human faith, love and loss. The book records Elie Wiesel's experiences as an adolescent in various concentration camps during the Second World War. As it unfolds we see the extent of human cruelty; our savagery in the face of biting hardship and certain extermination; and how love, even in the worst of situations, can give us strength beyond anything we knew possible. I don't have the words to describe what you will find. But I shall say this: This is one of the very best audible productions I've ever experienced. The narrator perfectly understand the story being told, and he brings it to life.

Difficult material to hear about, but so necessary

This is a very powerful memoir that should be mandatory reading for everyone. Learn from the past so we don't repeat the horrors perpetrated on an entire people group.

We must NEver Forgot

A very emotionally charged powerful book of importance. A time when inhumanity to man lived and breathed with passion, hate instead of love took over with a force so great, sadly humanity suffered horrific abuse the world should never forget or know again. My heart and prays go to the souls tortured whose lived were snuffed out. I will my life in honor for all those persucuted. I'm deeply story for the loss....

Couldn't finish because of the narrator

I loved Guidall in Don Duixote, but his Spanish accent is not a good fit for this book. Where you'd expect an accent like the Author... Eli Wiesel. I hope to listen to this book as read by someone else.

Heart Wrenching

this is an intense story of pain that is extremely hard to out down.