by Elie Wiesel · French and European Publications Inc · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782020336505
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«Le Mendiant de Jérusalem» is the novel by Elie Wiesel published by French and European Publications Inc in paperback (198 pages, in French).
Set during the Six-Day War, the novel brings together characters living, dead, present or dreamed beside the Western Wall. Beggars comment on the taking of Jerusalem and weave tales of the Holocaust, Hasidic tradition and legends of Jewish history. Jerusalem stands as a symbol of faith and memory, and from that experience each character emerges transformed.
The novel was originally published in 1968 and won the Prix Médicis that year; this edition is from 1998.
For readers of contemporary fiction interested in the memory of the Holocaust, Jewish tradition and the history of Jerusalem.
Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel was a Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He authored 57 books, written mostly in French and English, including Night, which is based on his experiences as a Jewish prisoner at Auschwitz and Buchenwald during the Holocaust.
