The judges
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Elie Wiesel
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Knopf; Distributed by Random House
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9780375409097
Subjects: Ethics; Fiction
Work titles: Juges
Description: When their plane from New York to Tel Aviv is forced down by bad weather, five passengers seek refuge at a nearby house where they encounter their enigmatic host, known only as the Judge, who forces them to confront the reality and meaning of their lives.
Notes: Also issued online.
Table of contents: title: A plane headed from New York to Tel Aviv is forced to crash land at a small airport, and five survivors are given shelter in a nearby home. Once they are locked in, their enigmatic host tells them he is their judge, and they must reveal their lives to him. Shockingly, he announces the least worthy of them will be sentenced to death. Who should live, and who should die? Which crash survivor has the weakest claim on life?