''Day'', published in 1962, is the third book in a trilogy by Elie Wiesel — ''

Night Night (also described as night time, unconventionally spelled as "nite") is the period of ambient darkness from sunset to sunrise during each 24-hour day, when the Sun is below the horizon. The exact time when night begins and ends depends ...

'', ''Dawn'', and ''Day'' — describing his experiences and thoughts during and after the

Holocaust The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe; ...

Author

Elie Wiesel is well known for his memoir ''Night'' that later spawned the trilogy of which ''Day'' is the final book. Wiesel has written more than fifty books and has won the Nobel Peace Prize. Soon after earning the Nobel Prize, Wiesel and his wife Marion founded the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity. Eliezer Wiesel explains, "In ''Night'' it is the 'I' who speaks. In the other two, it is the 'I' who listens and questions."

Plot

''Day'' is the story of a Holocaust survivor who is struck by a taxicab in

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. While recovering from his injuries, the character reflects on his relationships and experiences during the Second World War, coming to terms with his survival and the deaths of his family and friends. The book was published in the UK as ''The Accident''.Bloom, Harold
''Elie Wiesel's Night''
Infobase Publishing, 2009, p. 69.

Characters

* Eliezer Wiesel * Kathleen * Gyula * Dr. Paul Russel (Dr. Paul Braunstein inspired this role. The book was dedicated to Dr. Paul Braunstein)

References

1962 American novels Novels about the Holocaust Novels by Elie Wiesel Novels set in New York City Personal accounts of the Holocaust {{1960s-Holocaust-novel-stub