Day
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"Day" is a memoir by Elie Wiesel that continues his reflection on Holocaust survival and its psychological aftermath, following the events depicted in "Night."
Statements (46)
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| instanceOf |
book
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memoir → |
| author |
Elie Wiesel
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| centralEvent |
car accident
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| continuationOf |
Night
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| countryOfOrigin |
France
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| explores |
difficulty of human connection after trauma
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impact of Holocaust on later life → tension between life and death drive → |
| follows |
Dawn
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| followsInTrilogy |
Night
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| genre |
Holocaust literature
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autobiographical novel → psychological fiction → |
| hasForm |
audiobook
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print book → |
| hasTranslation |
English
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multiple languages → |
| language |
French
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| literaryForm |
semi-autobiographical narrative
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| literaryMovement |
postwar Jewish literature
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| mainCharacter |
Eliezer
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| narrativePerspective |
first-person
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| notableFor |
exploration of post-Holocaust life
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introspective psychological analysis → |
| originalTitle |
Le Jour
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| partOfSeries |
Elie Wiesel Holocaust trilogy
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| prequel |
Dawn
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| protagonistOccupation |
journalist
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| publisherOfEnglishEdition |
Hill and Wang
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| relatedWork |
Dawn
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Night → |
| setting |
New York City
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| subject |
Holocaust survivors
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faith and doubt → identity crisis → psychological trauma → survivor guilt → |
| targetAudience |
adult readers
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| theme |
confronting the past
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death and mortality → meaning of survival → memory and forgetting → relationships after trauma → search for God → |
| timePeriodDepicted |
post-World War II era
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Elie Wiesel
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Eliezer Wiesel → |
notableWork |