Open Heart
A Memoir
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · September 29, 2015
A profoundly and unexpectedly intimate, deeply affecting summing up of life so far, from one of the most cherished moral voices of our time.
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- Who it’s for
- A memoir shaped by mortality, memory, faith, and the hard questions that remain.
- Themes
- Mortality and life reflection, Memory and responsibility to survivors, Faith, hope, and despair
- Pacing
- Reflective
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A profoundly and unexpectedly intimate, deeply affecting summing up of life so far, from one of the most cherished moral voices of our time. Eighty-two years old, facing emergency heart surgery and his own mortality, Elie Wiesel reflects back on his life. Emotions, images, faces, and questions flash through his mind. His family before and during the unspeakable Event. The gifts of marriage, children, and grandchildren that followed.
Continue reading
In his writing, in his teaching, in his public life, has he done enough for memory and for the survivors? His ongoing questioning of God—where has it led? Is there hope for mankind? The world’s tireless ambassador of tolerance and justice gives us a luminous account of hope and despair, an exploration of the love, regrets, and abiding faith of a remarkable man. Translated from the French by Marion Wiesel
Questions That Stay
A memoir shaped by mortality, memory, faith, and the hard questions that remain.
Come here for
- Reflections on memory, family, faith, and whether one has done enough.
- An intimate reckoning with hope, regret, and mortality.
Expect
- A life reviewed through faces, questions, family, and public responsibility.
- An account holding love and despair alongside abiding faith.
Where it sits
| Jewish Lives | 78% |
|---|---|
| Holocaust History | 40% |
| Personal Memoirs | 26% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Personal Memoirs
- Heart Disease
- Jewish Theology
- Authors
- Elie Wiesel
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- September 29, 2015
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Mortality and life reflection · Memory and responsibility to survivors · Faith, hope, and despair
- Reading lane
- Personal Memoirs