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The Sonderberg case, Elie Wiesel ; translation by Catherine Temerson

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The Sonderberg case

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Elie Wiesel ; translation by Catherine Temerson

Despite personal success, Yedidyah -- a theater critic in New York City, husband to a stage actress, father to two sons -- finds himself increasingly drawn to the past. As he reflects on his life and the decisions he's made, he longingly reminisces about the relationships he once had with the men in his family (his father, his uncle, his grandfather) and the questions that remain unanswered. It's a feeling that is further complicated when Yedidyah is assigned to cover the murder trial of a German expatriate named Werner Sonderberg. Sonderberg returned alone from a walk in the Adirondacks with an elderly uncle, whose lifeless body was soon retrieved from the woods. His plea is enigmatic : "Guilty ... and not guilty

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