The judges: a novel (1st American ed.)

From Elie Wiesel, a gripping novel of guilt, innocence, and the perilousness of judging both.A plane en route from New York to Tel Aviv is forced down by bad weather.

A nearby house provides refuge for five of its passengers: Claudia, who has left her husband and found new love; Razziel, a religious teacher who was once a political prisoner; Yoav, a terminally ill Israeli commando; George, an archivist who is hiding a Holocaust secret that could bring down a certain politician; and Bruce, a would-be priest turned philanderer.

Their hostan enigmatic and disquieting man who calls himself simply the Judgebegins to interrogate them, forcing them to face the truth and meaning of their lives.

Soon he announces that one of themthe least worthywill die.The Judges is a powerful novel that reflects the philosophical, religious, and moral questions that are at the heart of Elie Wiesels work.From the Hardcover edition.