by Elie Wiesel
First published 2007
Elie Wiesel, a devout Jewish teenager, is ripped from his family and forced into the horrors of Auschwitz. Stripped of his faith and humanity, he fights to survive the unimaginable brutality, starvation, and dehumanization of the camps. As the death toll mounts around him, Elie clings to hope while grappling with his shattered beliefs, desperate to find meaning in the face of unfathomable tragedy.
Genres: holocaust, historical-fiction, 20th-century, biography-memoir
Vibes: dark, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
Setting: Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Sighet
Period: World War II
237 pages · Hardcover · Random House
Content warnings: death, violence