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In his final book before his death, Primo Levi returns once more to his time at Auschwitz in a moving meditation on memory, resiliency and the struggle to comprehend unimaginable tragedy. Drawing on history, philosophy and his own personal experiences, Levi asks if we have already begun to forget ab...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Levi, Primo, 1919-1987 (Author)
Other Authors: Rosenthal, Raymond, 1915-1995 (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, [2017]
Edition:First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.
Subjects:
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Levi, Primo, > 1919-1987
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Personal narratives.
Authors, Italian > 20th century > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • The memory of the offense
  • The gray zone
  • Shame
  • Communicating
  • Useless violence
  • The intellectual in Auschwitz
  • Stereotypes
  • Letters from Germans
  • Conclusion.