The Gates of the Forest

By Elie Wiesel

Categories: Literature & Fiction

Gregor, a young Hungarian Jew, is hiding in a forest cave during the war when he gives his own name to a mysterious stranger who shares his refuge. Elie Wiesel's novel appeared in French in 1964. Gregor goes on to pass as a deaf-mute in a village and to fight with the partisans. After the war, in New York, a Hasidic rebbe challenges his anger at God.

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