The Sonderberg Case (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780307272201)

From the Nobel laureate and author of the masterly Night, a deeply felt, beautifully written novel of morality, guilt, and innocence.

Despite personal success, Yedidyah--a theater critic in New York City, husband to a stage actress, father to two sons--finds himself increasingly drawn to the past. As he reflects on his life and the decisions he's made, he longingly reminisces about the relationships he once had with the men in his family (his father, his uncle, his grandfather) and the questions that remain unanswered. It's a feeling that is further complicated when Yedidyah is assigned to cover the murder trial of a German expatriate named Werner Sonderberg. Sonderberg returned alone from a walk in the Adirondacks with an elderly uncle, whose lifeless body was soon retrieved from the woods. His plea is enigmatic: "Guilty . . . and not guilty."

These words strike a chord in Yedidyah, plunging him into feelings that bring him harrowingly close to madness. As Sonderberg's trial moves along a path of dizzying yet revelatory twists and turns, Yedidyah begins to understand his own family's hidden past and finally liberates himself from the shadow it has cast over his life.

With his signature elegance and thoughtfulness, Elie Wiesel has given us an enthralling psychological mystery, both vividly dramatic and profoundly emotional.

Author: Elie Wiesel
ISBN-10: 0307272206
ISBN-13: 9780307272201
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 08/24/2010
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.66h x 6.60w x 0.81d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 03/01/2010 pg. 60
Booklist 04/01/2010 pg. 5
Library Journal 05/15/2010 pg. 69
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2010
Publishers Weekly 06/14/2010
Romantic Times 10/01/2010 pg. 52 - Excellent
New York Times Book Review 09/26/2010 pg. 21