Is God Man’s Friend?
Theodicy and Friendship in Elie Wiesel’s Novels
©2006
Monographs
XIV,
128 Pages
Summary
Elie Wiesel’s novels – The Town Beyond the Wall, Twilight, The Gates of the Forest, The Accident, A Beggar in Jerusalem, and The Judges – win literary prizes in France, but often receive poor reviews in the United States. Lambert analyzes them clearly and cogently via two key themes: theodicy and friendship. She shows how the angry, embittered Holocaust survivor protagonists approach the God who seems to have broken His covenant at Auschwitz. This approach to God is made through friendships, some real and some mystical. Her analyses now render Wiesel’s novels accessible to Americans who may already appreciate his essays and memoirs.
Details
- Pages
- XIV, 128
- Publication Year
- 2006
- ISBN (Hardcover)
- 9780820479262
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- Wiesel, Elie Roman Theodizee (Motiv) theodicy Holocaust Study friendship
- Published
- New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2006. XIV, 128 pp.
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