Twilight (Wiesel novel)

Twilight

Cover of Twilight
Author	Elie Wiesel
Language	German

Twilight, originally published in 1988 in French as Le crépuscule, au loin, is a novel by Elie Wiesel. Twilight is the fictional story of a Holocaust survivor named Raphael Lipkin who is now a psychologist living in America. He visits a psychiatric ward called "The Mountain Clinic," where he interviews several psychiatric patients who believe themselves to be various characters from the Old Testament. Interwoven with these accounts are Raphael's own memories of his life before and during the Holocaust.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Other work by Elie Wiesel

• Dawn
• Night
• The Oath
• The Gates of the Forest

References

1. Encyclopedia of Holocaust Literature, ed. David Patterson, Alan L. Berger, Sarita Cargas 1573562572 2002 Page 216 "Titled Twilight, the novel suggests a return to some of the themes in Night, Dawn, and The Accident. It also contains an important character whose voice played a highly significant role in The Town Beyond the Wall: Pedro. In both novels, Pedro is closely connected to the madman and the ways in which the madman challenges our truths."
2. Carole J. Lambert Is God Man's Friend?: Theodicy and Friendship in Elie Wiesel 2006 0820479268-- Page 40 "Some of Heschel's perspectives on God may be found in Wiesel's Twilight."
3. David Patterson The Shriek of Silence: A Phenomenology of the Holocaust Novel 2015 0813161495 "... sanatorium patient in Wiesel's Twilight. “His face appeared before me. . . . "
4. Richard Bauckham - Theology of Jürgen Moltmann - 1995 0567251438 Page 91 Appendix to Chapter Four: Elie Wiesel's Twilight : After this chapter was first written, Wiesel published a novel which contains his most mature reflections on the themes of theodicy which he first tackled in Night. The French title Le Crépuseule, ...
5. David Patterson - Sun Turned to Darkness: Memory and Recovery in the ... 1998 -0815605307 Page 2 "And so one sees that couched in these texts of memory is the outcry of the Rav condemned to death in Elie Wiesel's Twilight: "Here is my prayer. God of Israel: Listen to the people of Israel]" (1987, 34). When people turn their backs on their ..."
6. ALONG THE EDGE OF ANNIHILATION 0295803371- Page 283 ""When I killed my brother," says Cain in Elie Wiesel's Twilight, "it was really Him I wanted to kill. And He knows it. Any fool knows that whoever kills, kills God" (58). 5"