content: (OOOOOOOOPS!!! My review has been posted and to my embarrassment I realize that I have made a MISTAKE. I wanted to give the book five stars instead of one. At this stage of editing I am unable to change the incorrect rating. But since I can add to the main body of the text I wanted to at least set the record straight. Sorry for the mistake.)Elie Wiesel is a genius. He makes you feel the horror of hatred. And yet he doesn't leave you in total despair as the book ends.All of us wonder how a just God can allow unjust things to happen on earth. Wiesel doesn't offer simple "bumper sticker" answers. But he does get us thnking.Another book I read this year, "Christmas Gifts, Christmas Voices" by John Allen similarly explores the question of bad things happening to good people.Both books are challenging, and at times so gut-wrenching that they are difficult to read. But they both offer valuable insights.