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Night by Elie Wiesel

The New York Times calls it “a slim volume of terrifying power” and I have to agree. I couldn’t stand to leave a bookmark in it for more than two days–I just had to get it over with. At the same time I felt a need to grieve, like I should read it once a [...]

July 1, 2007 Posted in: history, memoir, nonfiction 2 Comments

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