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“The anguish and loss of the moral Jew who has placed himself on the other side of the gun”—Commentary

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“The author…has built knowledge into artistic fiction.”—The New York Times Book Review

 
Elisha is a young Jewish man, a Holocaust survivor, and an Israeli freedom fighter in British-controlled Palestine; John Dawson is the captured English officer he will murder at dawn in retribution for the British execution of a fellow freedom fighter. The night-long wait for morning and death provides Dawn, Elie Wiesel’s ever more timely novel, with its harrowingly taut, hour-by-hour narrative. Caught between the manifold horrors of the past and the troubling dilemmas of the present, Elisha wrestles with guilt, ghosts, and ultimately God as he waits for the appointed hour and his act of assassination. Dawn is an eloquent meditation on the compromises, justifications, and sacrifices that human beings make when they murder other human beings.
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  • Paperback: 96 pages
  • Publisher: Hill and Wang; Tra edition (March 21, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0809037726
  • ISBN-13: 978-0809037728
  • Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent thinking book & totally different from Night, April 30, 2008
First off, this is not Night 2. I naively expected that when publisher's try to frame them as part of a 'trilogy'. Night is absolutely and without bar one of the most fantastic books I have read in my life.

This is not just another chapter of that. And it is not a sequel. It is an incredibly profound, and beautifully written meditation on the journey of many Holocaust survivors -- but not his. This is a work of complete fiction. Many survivors went to Palestine, and fought the British (not the Arabs) to kick them out and thus be able to establish a free Jewish state.

It is the story of a fictional Elishah (who has remarkably similar childhood and Holocaust experiences to those of Wiesel) who becomes one of these freedom fighters, and is ordered to execute a British officer in retaliation for their hanging one of the rebels. It is an account of the night that Elishah passes, knowing he has to become a murderer in the morning, and all of his internal struggles with that. In a particularly powerful lead up to the end, he realizes the power of hatred, how without hatred, terrorist groups like theirs, and indeed any violence against others is almost impossible. He notes how nations are so adept at teaching their people to hate, and even comes to the point of trying to make himself hate this stranger in order to be able to follow his orders.

EXTREMELY powerful and evocative.

One word of caution -- there is almost no action here. This is a thinking book. If you are not up to the mental effort to think and feel along with him, you will not like it.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not Wiesel's best work, July 11, 2006
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Dawn, by Elie Wiesel, is an interesting character study, but not much else. The story revolves around a young Jewish man, a survivor of the Holocaust, which is only a year or so in his past, who is working as a Zionist terrorist in pre-Israel Palestine. He is new to the work, and as an initiation, of sorts, his job on the night the novel takes place is to execute a British officer being held in the basement of his building.

The entire novel takes place in one night (ending at dawn, the pivotal "moment of truth" in the novel), and in one room. The protagonist slips in and out of flashback, revealing his own dark past and the hold it has taken on him. He imagines all the people he has ever known sharing the room with him, waiting to see if he will murder the Englishman in the basement.

Wiesel's point is that we are the sum total of everything that has ever happened to us and everyone who has ever loved us or given us their time. An interesting point, to be sure. But the hallucinatory ghosts the narrator sees around him is a device that wears thin very quickly. The middle third of this very, very short novel seems like extra padding.

The book's brevity is probably its greatest asset. I read it in an afternoon, and I am a slow reader. Wiesel writes in a very spare style, with few unnecessary words, except for that middle part of the book, which was poorly paced and redundant.

Dawn is an interesting read, and a good book, but it is certainly not on par with Wiesel's other work. If you only read one of his books, read Night, which has the most meaningful things to say, and if you're still curious, you can pick up Dawn and decide for yourself.

Recommended.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Life and Death Matters, November 26, 2007
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Have you ever had to do something very serious that you did not really want to do? Dawn, is an extraordinary novel written by Elie Wiesel, a surviovor in the Holocaust. Dawn is not in any way connected to Night or Day. Dawn is about responsibility and dity, unlike Night or Day. This novel is about a young boy that has been given the responsibility of executing John Dawson, a British soldier. He holds John hostage and brings him food, I know surprising right? The reason he brings John food is because he does not want John to die with an empty stomach. Later he feels sorrow for John Dawson. What will he do? I would have to say the young boy, main character is my favorite character in Dawn because he changes for the best, I think. This is definitely a novel I would read again because the first time you read it you can not comprehend it very well. I recommend Night, Dawn and Day but I would also recommend it for pleasure read only. You can not do any research on the Holocaust with these three books. I hope you take the time to read them.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Dawn is a good read
Wiesel's Dawn is a heart wrenching book about an Israeli freedom fighter, just about a year after the holocaust, of which the man was involved with, that is forced to execute a... Read more
Published 15 months ago by ARK

4.0 out of 5 stars Trilogy...backwards!
I have read Night and Dawn, and I am awaiting the arrival of Day. Dawn is ok. I can't possibly say it's bad. Read more
Published 16 months ago by *itty Bitty*

4.0 out of 5 stars In just one word? Terrorism
A survivor of this becomes a proponent for that. . .by any means necessary. Unfortunately, Ellie Wiesel's fictional "Dawn" is all too true; all too often repeated... Read more
Published 20 months ago by The Concise Critic:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of Elie Wiesel's amazing novels
"Dawn" is an extraordinary fiction novel. "Dawn" is not in any way connected to "Night" or "Day". Unlike "Night", "Dawn" is all about responsibility and duty. Read more
Published on November 25, 2007 by Mrs. Shaffer

3.0 out of 5 stars Flawed, but still has it's moments
This book would have been better served as short story in an anthology. I thought there was too much padding in order to make this a "short novel". Read more
Published on September 20, 2007 by Paul A.

3.0 out of 5 stars Confusion
This book had a very slow start but as you read into it more, it got better. I did not have a very strong liking for this book because of the mindset the main character was in... Read more
Published on July 30, 2007 by R. Hamel

4.0 out of 5 stars Best of Trilogy
Dawn is my favorite book in Elie Wiesel's trilogy (Night, Dawn, The Accident). I believe it has the most literary value-it put me in someone else's head.
Published on October 9, 2006 by L. Y. Mabrouk

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