The Oath
By Elie Wiesel
Categories: Literature & Fiction
Elie Wiesel's novel, first published in 1973, centers on Azriel, the last survivor of a pogrom that destroyed the Jewish community of the town of Kolvillàg. Before the massacre, the town's Jews swore an oath never to speak of what happened. Decades later Azriel meets a despairing young man, the son of survivors, and must decide whether breaking his vow of silence could save the young man's life.
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