The oath.
The oath.
By
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Wiesel, Elie, 1928-2016.
Publication Date
:
1973
Subject Term
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Jews -- Fiction.
Antisemitism -- Fiction.
Murder -- Fiction.
Death -- Fiction.
Prejudices -- Fiction.
Jewish -- Fiction.
Genre
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Historical fiction.
Summary
:
When a Christian boy disappears in a fictional Eastern European town in the 1920s, the local Jews are quickly accused of ritual murder. There is tension in the air and a pogrom threatens to erupt. Suddenly, an extraordinary man'Moshe the dreamer, a madman and mystic'steps forward and confesses to a crime he did not commit, in a vain attempt to save his people from certain death. The community gathers to hear his last words'a plea for silence'and everyone present takes an oath: whoever survives the impending tragedy must never speak of the town's last days and nights of terror. For fifty years the sole survivor keeps his oath'until he meets a man whose life depends on hearing the story, and one man's loyalty to the dead confronts head-on another's reason to go on living.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780394487793
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | ADULT FIC - BASEMENT | Adult Fiction - Basement | FIC WIE | Checked In |