We arrived at the station, where the cattle cars were waiting. Ever since my book Night I have pursued those nocturnal trains that crossed the devastated continent. Their shadow haunts my writing. They symbolize solitude, distress, and the relentless march of Jewish multitudes toward agony and death. I freeze every time I hear a train whistle. — All Rivers Run to the Sea, Elie Wiesel Copyright © 1972, 1985 by Elie Weisel. Translation copyright 2006 by Marion Wiesel. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Georges Borchardt, Inc. , New York, NY. Which genre does this passage belong to?.