The novel by the famous writer, Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel tells about an almost unknown Jewish poet. Having replaced the faith of his ancestors with a belief in communist ideals, he eventually finds himself in the dungeons of a Soviet prison in the midst of the “struggle against cosmopolitanism.” Despite his fragile and nervous character, the poet withstood all the torture and did not betray anyone. However, the investigator finds a way to get him to talk: he invites the prisoner to write his memoirs...