The Gates of the Forest
Elie Wiesel
240 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 080521044X
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Language: English
Publish: 800607600000
20th CenturyFictionHistoricalHistorical FictionHolocaustJewishNovelsReligionWarWorld War II
Gregor—a teenaged boy, the lone survivor of his family—is hiding from the Germans in the forest. He hides in a cave, where he meets a mysterious stranger who saves his life. He hides in the village, posing as a deaf-mute peasant boy. He hides among the partisans of the Jewish resistance. But where, he asks, is God hiding? And where can one find redemption in a world that God has abandoned? In a story punctuated by friendship and fear, sacrifice and betrayal, Gregor’s wartime wanderings take us deep into the ghost-filled inner world of the survivor.