Dawn

Summary

Day (previously titled The Accident) is the powerful conclusion to Elie Wiesel’s masterful Night trilogy, which begins with the unforgettable memoir Night and the acclaimed novel Dawn. Struck and gravely wounded by a cab in Times Square, the novel’s anonymous narrator, a Holocaust survivor, begins a profound and painful journey through his past, facing again and again the question, Is it ever possible for Holocaust survivors to create new lives for themselves without remembering their old ones? A profound confrontation with the burdens of memory, Day explores a random catastrophe, the temptation of self-destruction, and their connection to the larger tragedy that befell an entire people. A new preface by the author reflects on the enduring questions raised in Day and on the novel’s place in this extraordinary trilogy.