Dawn
| Title | Dawn |
|---|---|
| Original title | L'aube |
| Author | Elie Wiesel; transl. from the French by Frances Frenaye |
| Publication | Hill and Wang |
| Size | IX, 81p |
| Language |  ENG |
| ISBN | 9780809037728 |
| Topics |
French fiction--Translated into English Holocaust survivors French fiction--Psychological |
| Notes | In the short novel Dawn (1961), Elisha - the sole survivor of his family, whose immolation he witnessed at Auschwitz - has survived the Second World War and settled in Palestine. Apprenticed to a Jewish terrorist gang, he is commanded to execute a British officer who has been taken hostage. During the lonely hours before dawn, he meditates on the act of murder he is waiting to commit.[goodreads] |
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