The Oath Author:Elie Wiesel What would you say to a young stranger who wishes to die? What arguments would you use to restore his will to live? What ideas and ideals would you invoke to save him? Faced with that dilemma, the main character of Wiesel's magnificent novel--an old wanderer named Azriel--decides to tell his own story. The very one he was not supposed to tell. T... more »he story of The Oath unfolds in two places and at two points in time. It is about Jews and their enemies, friendship and hate, bigotry and war, testimony and silence.« less