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Night
He took care of his father until the very end, and then admitted what he felt. Night is testimony, not comfort.
Who it's for
Night doesn't console; it testifies.
Numb→Understood
Feelings it meets
What it is
Night is Elie Wiesel's memoir of the Holocaust, first published in Yiddish in 1956 as Un di velt hot geshvign (And the World Remained Silent), then in a shorter French version in 1958, with a new English translation by Marion Wiesel in 2006. It begins in his hometown of Sighet and follows his deportation as a teenager to Auschwitz and later Buchenwald.
Where to find it
In print (Hill & Wang/Oprah's Book Club edition) and widely available; libraries (Libby/Hoopla); audiobook available. Not public domain.
Before you start
Heads up: Holocaust atrocities, children killed.
Age: Ages 14+
But believe me, my dear boy, there is nothing stronger than those two: patience and time, they will do it all.Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace, Chapter XVI (tr. Louise and Aylmer Maude)
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