The Oath

By Elie Wiesel

Categories: Literature & Fiction

Azriel is the last survivor of a pogrom that destroyed the Jewish community of Kolvillàg in this 1973 novel by Elie Wiesel. 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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