Elie Wiesel
8 SeriesElie Wiesel, a Romanian-American author and Holocaust survivor, wrote over fifty books in his lifetime. He is best known for "Night," a memoir detailing his experiences as a Jewish prisoner in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps. Wiesel was also a professor and political activist.
In "Dawn," the second book in Elie Wiesel's series, a young Jewish man named Elisha is tasked with killing an English officer, John Dawson, at dawn in British-controlled Palestine. This act of retribution is in response to the death of an Israeli freedom fighter. As the hours pass, Elisha grapples with guilt, the presence of ghosts, and his relationship with God. Wiesel's novel delves into the moral complexities and personal sacrifices involved in taking a life for a cause.
