Dec 26, 2009

Night | Critical Overview

The reception of Night has remained consistent. The book did not fetch a high price, and the criticism upon its publication was favorable but superficial. Reviewers were quick to empathize with the narrative but offered nothing in the way of critique or constructive engagement.

As time passed, however, critics like Simon P. Sibelman have approached the work as an ethical treatise demanding reflection. They have begun to ask Wiesel's question, "What is the state of our morality at the dawn of the next century?" Critics have also grappled with how Wiesel accomplished what...