Survival in Auschwitz : the Nazi assault on humanity /
In 1943, Primo Levi, a 25-year-old chemist and "Italian citizen of Jewish race," was arrested by Italian fascists and deported from his native Turin to Auschwitz. This is Levi's classic account of his ten months in the German death camp, a harrowing story of systematic cruelty and mir...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translation of: Se questo è un uomo. Translated into English from the original Italian. |
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New York :
Simon and Schuster,
1996.
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| Edition: | First Touchstone edition. |
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| Summary: | In 1943, Primo Levi, a 25-year-old chemist and "Italian citizen of Jewish race," was arrested by Italian fascists and deported from his native Turin to Auschwitz. This is Levi's classic account of his ten months in the German death camp, a harrowing story of systematic cruelty and miraculous endurance. Remarkable for its simplicity, restraint, compassion, and even wit, Survival in Auschwitz remains a lasting testament to the indestructibility of the human spirit. Included in this new edition is an illuminating conversation between Philip Roth and Primo Levi never before published in book form.--From publisher description |
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| Item Description: | Originally published in English in 1959 as: If this is a man. |
| Physical Description: | 187 pages ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 0684826801 9780684826806 1439506892 9781439506899 0020291922 9780020291923 |