Wiesel

I finished The Accident yesterday. I wish I had liked it more, as I wish I had liked Dawn more. Night is easily the best of the three, its simple narrative much more powerful and affecting than the self-conscious philosophical arguments that dominate the other two.

That's not to say that there's nothing at all in the other two. Dawn is amazing in its own way, especially after I didn't believe throughout the entire book that Elisha would go through with it.

And there's absolutely no denying the power of the scene with the French prostitute in The Accident, although her screaming at him that he's a madman when he declares her a saint just didn't ring true for me. Maybe it was the translation? I don't know. I understood the power of the scene more than I felt like it was a true scene.