Hostage
By Elie Wiesel
Categories: Literature & Fiction
In 1975 Shaltiel Feigenberg, a professional storyteller in Brooklyn, is kidnapped by two terrorists, an Arab and an Italian, who demand the release of Palestinian prisoners. Wiesel first published the novel in 2010. Held in a basement and threatened with death, Shaltiel turns to the stories of his own life, including his father's survival of the Holocaust, to hold on to hope.
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