All Rivers Run To The Sea

Overview

In this first volume of his two-volume autobiography, Wiesel takes us from his childhood memories of a traditional and loving Jewish family in the Romanian village of Sighet through the horrors of Auschwitz and Buchenwald and the years of spiritual struggle, to his emergence as a witness for the Holocaust's martyrs and survivors and for the State of Israel, and as a spokesman for humanity. With 16 pages of black-and-white photographs.
'From the abyss of the death camps Wiesel has come as a messenger to mankind—not with a message of hate and revenge, but with one of brotherhood and atonement.'
—From the citation for the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize

All the rivers go down to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the rivers go, there they go again. Basic English Bible All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full: unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again. Elie Wiesel most likely wrote All Rivers Run to the Sea to lessen public awareness of the events of the Holocaust. Stop himself from having any type of emotional release. Attempt to make sense of the atrocities he experienced.

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All Rivers Run to the Sea: Memoirs. Wiesel recounts his life's story, from his childhood in the Carpathian mountains, to his imprisonment in Auschwitz and Buchenwald, to his career as a journalist, and winning the Nobel Peace prize. Publication Date.

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Title

All Rivers Run to the Sea: Memoirs

Authors

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Description

Wiesel recounts his life's story, from his childhood in the Carpathian mountains, to his imprisonment in Auschwitz and Buchenwald, to his career as a journalist, and winning the Nobel Peace prize.

Publication Date

1995

Publisher

Knopf

City

New York

State

Award

2007 Lifetime Achievement Award

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities | Creative Writing | History | Nonfiction

Repository Citation

Wiesel , E. (1995). All Rivers Run to the Sea: Memoirs. New York, NY: Knopf.

Catalog Record

All The Rivers Run

All Rivers Run Into Sea

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