Genocide in Elie Wiesel's Night
By: Louise Hawker, book editor.
Contributors: Hawker, Louise.
Series: Social issues in literature
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9780737743944; 9780737743937
Subjects: Wiesel, Elie, -- 1928-; Wiesel, Elie, -- 1928- -- Childhood and youth; Genocide in literature; Jews -- Romania -- Sighet -- Biography; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Romania -- Sighet -- Personal narratives; Sighet (Romania) -- Biography
Genres: Biography.; Personal narratives.
Description: Discusses how Elie Wiesel's "Night" incorporates the topic of genocide, and gives a short background on both the author and instances of genocide occurring today.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Background on Elie Wiesel; title: Night and genocide; title: Contemporary perspectives on genocide.