The Accident - Elie Wiesel

Told in a unique style through Eliezer's voice, The Accident narrates the struggles the living experience after witnessing and being surrounded by death. His companion throughout his adulthood, Kathleen, tries to bring him back from the "living dead." The book weaves the past with stories of his grandmother, mother and father, all killed in concentration camps, and the present, with his desire to die after he is hit by a cab. Several people try to convince him of the utility and joy that can be found in life.