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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Schocken Books
Publication date April 13, 2010
Pages 271
Binding Paperback
Edition Reprint
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9780805212129
ISBN-10 0805212124
Dimensions 1.25 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight 0.65 lbs.
Original list price $16.00
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Now in paperback, Wiesel’s newest novel “reminds us, with force, that his writing is alive and strong. The master has once again found a startling freshness.”—Le Monde des Livres
 
A European expatriate living in New York, Doriel suffers from a profound sense of desperation and loss. His mother, a member of the Resistance, survived World War II only to die soon after in France in an accident, together with his father. Doriel was a hidden child during the war, and his knowledge of the Holocaust is largely limited to what he finds in movies, newsreels, and books. Doriel’s parents and their secrets haunt him, leaving him filled with longing but unable to experience the most basic joys in life. He plunges into an intense study of Judaism, but instead of finding solace, he comes to believe that he is possessed by a dybbuk.
 
Surrounded by ghosts, spurred on by demons, Doriel finally turns to Dr. Thérèse Goldschmidt, a psychoanalyst who finds herself particularly intrigued by her patient. The two enter into an uneasy relationship based on exchange: of dreams, histories, and secrets. And despite Doriel’s initial resistance, Dr. Goldschmidt helps bring him to a crossroads—and to a shocking denouement.
 
“In its own high-stepping yet paradoxically heart-wracking way, [Wiesel’s novel] can most assuredly be considered beautiful (almost beyond belief).”—The Philadelphia Inquirer

Editions
Hardcover
Book cover for 9780307266507
 
With Elie Wiesel | from Alfred a Knopf Inc (February 17, 2009)
9780307266507 | details & prices | 274 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $25.00
About: From Elie Wiesel, a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and one of our fiercest moral voices, a provocative and deeply thoughtful new novel about a life shaped by the worst horrors of the twentieth century and one man’s attempt to reclaim happiness.
Paperback
Book cover for 9780739377307 Book cover for 9780805212129
 
The price comparison is for this edition
With Elie Wiesel | Reprint edition from Schocken Books (April 13, 2010)
9780805212129 | details & prices | 271 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 1.25 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $16.00
About: Now in paperback, Wiesel’s newest novel “reminds us, with force, that his writing is alive and strong.
With Elie Wiesel | Large print edition from Random House Large Print (February 17, 2009)
9780739377307 | details & prices | 464 pages | List price $25.00
About: Doriel, a European expatriate living in New York, suffers from a profound sense of desperation and loss.
CD/Spoken Word
Book cover for 9780739382066
 
With Elie Wiesel, Kirsten Potter (other contributor), Mark Bramhall (other contributor) | Unabridged edition from Random House (February 17, 2009)
9780739382066 | details & prices | 5.00 × 6.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $34.95
About: A searing exploration of a man haunted by the horrors of the twentieth century, a man who feels he must be going mad but who finds a way out of the darkness.

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