The Judges (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780805211214)

From Elie Wiesel, a gripping novel of guilt, innocence, and the perilousness of judging both.

A plane en route from New York to Tel Aviv is forced down by bad weather. A nearby house provides refuge for five of its passengers: Claudia, who has left her husband and found new love; Razziel, a religious teacher who was once a political prisoner; Yoav, a terminally ill Israeli commando; George, an archivist who is hiding a Holocaust secret that could bring down a certain politician; and Bruce, a would-be priest turned philanderer.

Their host--an enigmatic and disquieting man who calls himself simply the Judge--begins to interrogate them, forcing them to face the truth and meaning of their lives. Soon he announces that one of them--the least worthy--will die.

The Judges is a powerful novel that reflects the philosophical, religious, and moral questions that are at the heart of Elie Wiesel's work.

Author: Elie Wiesel
ISBN-10: 0805211217
ISBN-13: 9780805211214
Publisher: Schocken Books Inc
Language: English
Published: 10/12/2004
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.06h x 5.24w x 0.61d