Night

Elie Wiesel once said that Night was the one book he was meant to write. All of his other books are marked by Night.

How could he say anything else?

(I know Oprah just put Night on her bookclub list, but I read it long before her suggestion.)

Night, in case you don't know, is the story of a young boy's survival in the Nazi camps during World War II. It is a tough read -- not in the fact that it is hard to understand, but in that you want to scream out, run, run, run!

I have both read the words for myself and listened to CD read by George Guidall. I recommend both, yet, if you have a long drive, I recommend the book on CD. Mr. Guidall's voice is haunting and brings the horrors to life in a way the written word cannot. It is as if the young boy, now grown into a man, is sitting across from you, replaying the horrors in his mind as he tells them to you. Mr. Guidall's voice is similar to Professor Wiesel's and it sometimes feels as if you are really listening to Professor Wiesel.

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