Legends of Our Time

By Elie Wiesel

A collection of tales immortalizing the heroic deeds and visions of people Wiesel knew during and after World War II.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Release date: Sep 7, 2011
• ISBN: 9780307806413

Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel was the author of more than forty books, including his unforgettable international bestsellers Night and A Beggar in Jerusalem, winner of the Prix Médicis. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States Congressional Gold Medal, and the French Legion of Honor with the rank of Grand Cross. In 1986, he received the Nobel Peace Prize. He was the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities and University Professor at Boston University for forty years. Wiesel died in 2016.

Reviews for Legends of Our Time

[rondoctor · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This book, like Souls on Fire, disappointed me. It is a series of vignettes about Wiesel's postwar travels and his ruminations on the death camps. I think the book is pretty lightweight and could have been better. The subject matter is dark and Wiesel's writing tends to be mystic, too much for my taste. But that's me. Perhaps the subject matter simply requires that.