Wednesday, June 7, 2017

A Beggar In Jerusalem by Elie Wiesel



This is the first book I am reading by Elie Wiesel and I will be reading “Night”, “Dawn” and “Day”.

The character David fought in the Six-Day War.  Although his Colonel tried to persuade him to leave because he felt he wasn’t a fighter, David stayed to do whatever he could do.

His recollections are about the living and the dead as he hangs out with other men at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.  He is looking for a friend that he met in the war, hoping that he shows up to know if he is still alive.  To him war means dying and living means dying. He captures the resilient spirit of a people determined to live.



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