All Rivers Run to the Sea

Memoirs

By: Elie Wiesel

Narrated by: Elie Wiesel

The first volume of Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel’s passionate, poignant, and moving two-volume autobiography, detailing his imprisonment in Auschwitz, his life in Paris, and his journey to writing the acclaimed memoir Night

This edition contains sixteen pages of black-and-white photographs.

“From the abyss of the death camps Wiesel has come as a messenger to mankind—not with a message of hate and revenge, but with one of brotherhood and atonement.”—From the citation for the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize

All Rivers Run to the Sea opens with a child’s entry into hell. We see the young Elie Wiesel torn from a traditional and loving Jewish family life in a Carpathian village and dragged through the horrors of Auschwitz and Buchenwald. We see him emerge a bloodless adolescent, a mute spirit, with no homeland.

At war’s end, parents and youngest sister vanished, life begins anew in a French orphanage. Wiesel recalls his struggle with his God as well as his intense sorties into the study of philosophy, the Jewish Scriptures, and the lore of the mystics. He remembers the gradual rekindling of old dreams. He is comforted by the survival of his two sisters. We see him becoming once again fully alive. And in the late 1950s, inspired to write his first book, Night, he finds at last his voice as a witness for the Holocaust’s martyrs and survivors, and as a spokesman for humanity.

Critic reviews

“This is Elie Wiesel at his best, a highly revealing self-portrait of the man behind the world-famed persona.”—Herman Wouk

“A biblical-like epic of a great man who has turned genocidal tragedy into a life force for world peace. I should be required reading for membership in the human race.”—Alan M. Dershowitz

“Immensely moving [and] unforgettable, [with] the searing intensity of his novels and autobiographical tales . . . Will make you cry, yet somehow leaves you renewed, with a cautious hope for humanity’s future.”—Publishers Weekly

“Wiesel remains unequaled at bringing home the experience of horrific, nullifying disorientation that was the first step in the program of genocide known as the Final Solution.”—Daphne Merkin, The New York Times Book Review

“Part of the delight of All Rivers lies in witnessing the gradual transformation of the brokenhearted, orphaned young boy into the spirited journalist who longs to embrace the world at large, and who, in time, does.″—Rebecca Goldstein, Newsday

“Remarkable . . . Wiesel writes with poetic beauty and heart-stopping eloquence.″—Susan Miron, Miami Herald

“For all those who have never known Elie Wiesel, these memoirs are an introduction to the man, and for many who have met him, there will be discoveries and realizations.″—Raul Hilberg, Boston Globe

Loved it.

Moving. Beautiful. Heartbreaking and inspiring. What a treat to hear it read by Mr. Wiesel himself.

A story of love and perseverance

I bought this book by accident, not knowing at the time that it’s abridged. I didn’t know then (a few years ago) that it could be returned. To say I was heartbroken is understated.
I read part of the printed version and it was the best Holocaust memoir I’ve ever read, and I have read many. I was thrilled to have it in audible, but I wanted the whole book.
PLEASE record the entire book. Mr. Weisel’s memories must respected and absolutely be available in their entirety. The abbreviated version does not do justice to the dreadful pain of the millions who suffered and died under the Nazi regime.

Incredible Story

I had no idea how incredible his story was and everything he had to endure. Yet he persevered and always remembered what he had been through. This book gave me a different perspective of very similar stories told by others that have survived the holocaust era.

More on the Life of Elie Wiesel

Loved listening to Mr Wiesel tell of his life and adventures. I wondered what it would be like for him to return to his former home. I learned in this book. Again great read.

All Rivers Run to the Sea

Searing memories of a boy who was a Jew and survived a concentration camp during WWII.