A Mad Desire To Dance

From the Nobel laureate, author of Night, a searing new novel about a man whose life is shaped by his changing grasp of ... (more)

From the Nobel laureate, author of Night, a searing new novel about a man whose life is shaped by his changing grasp of the horrors of the twentieth century. Doriel, a European orphan transplanted to New York, carries with him a profound sense of desperation and loss. His mother, a resistance leader during World War II, survived the war but soon afterward died in a car crash with Doriel's father. (less)