The Town Beyond the Wall

The Town Beyond the Wall is a little book with big meaning. Its physical dimensions are 4.25X7X.75 inches, 189 pages. This is one of about forty books written by Elie Weisel, marking the early years in his commitment to never forget the holocaust. In this semi autobiography, Weisel neither stumbles nor stutters as he explores, in true prose, the insidious nature of evil. He tells the truth boldly. This little book is packed with psychological and philosophical insights. In true Weisel form, a mirror is thrust in front of the reader, and human nature: the capacity for evil, is revealed. There is nothing prosaic about a work by Weisel. Read and weep; weep and grow.