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Riveting and compelling, The Wall tells the inspiring story of forty men and women who escape the dehumanizing horror of the Warsaw ghetto. John Hersey's novel documents the Warsaw ghetto both as an emblem of Nazi persecution and as a personal confrontation with torture, starvation,... read more

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  • Noach Levison: His compassionate, childlike, first-person narrative of unimaginable horrors will bring a lump to your throat.
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This is book 4 of 10 in Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels in 1950. (authoritative list)

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  1. John Hersey (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Knopf
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1950
ISBN: 0394756967
Page Count: 640

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  • Library of Congress: PZ3.H4385 Wal
  • Dewey: 813.52

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