Marion Wiesel
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Wiesel Elie Marion Wiesel Elie Wiesel
Marion Wiesel, Mr. Wiesel's wife and the translator of the new edition of ''Night,'' said in an interview that among the changes were a reference to the age of the book's narrator i.e., Mr. Wiesel -- when he arrives in 1944 at Birkenau. Wiesel expressed surprise when told of the statement in the teacher's guide, which she said neither she nor her husband had ever seen. Wiesel said that include a change to a description of furtive sexual activity by some of the young prisoners as they traveled to Auschwitz in a cattle car. Wiesel said when the publisher Arthur Wang approached her several years ago to consider making a new translation of ''Night,'' she did not believe it was necessary. Marion Wiesel, Mr. Elie Wiesel's wife and the translator of the new edition of ''Night,'' said in an interview that among the changes were a reference to the age of the book's narrator that is, Mr. Wiesel is when he arrives in 1944 at Birkenau, the entry point for Auschwitz. Ms. Wiesel made some alterations including a changed description of furtive sexual activity by some of the young prisoners as they traveled to Auschwitz in a cattle car. Ms. Wiesel said when the publisher Arthur Wang approached her several years ago to consider making a new translation she did not believe it was necessary. Wiesel said, she came to believe that the earlier version lacked the subtlety of the French original.