BOOKS by Primo Levi

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1	Survival in Auschwitz, The Nazi assault on humanity. more books like this by Primo Levi add to wishlist Originally entitled, IF THIS IS A MAN, Levi's narrative of his experiences at Auschwitz is unique among Holocaust memoirs for its simplicity, its lack of self-pity, and its objectivity; he often emphasizes not his own sufferings but the many instances of goodness he found among his fellow prisoners. In an appendix, Levi stated: "[I]n writing this ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £6.14! \| first editions
2	Periodic Table more books like this by Primo Levi add to wishlist THE PERIODIC TABLE is the autobiography of Primo Levi, the Italian writer-chemist who is the author of SURVIVAL IN AUSCHWITZ. Levi here records his recollections of childhood and youth in northern Italy during the 1930s, at just the time that Fascism was beginning to cast its shadow across Europe. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.07! \| first editions
3	Survival in Auschwitz more books like this by Levi Primo Levi add to wishlist Survival in Auschwitz: If This Is a Man is a book written by the Italian author, Primo Levi. It describes his experiences in the concentration camp at Auschwitz during the Second World War. Levi, then a 25-year-old chemist, spent 10 months in Auschwitz before the camp was liberated by the Red Army. Of the 650 Italian Jews in his shipment, Levi ... see all copies from £5.55! new only from £5.55!
4	If this is a man ; and, The truce more books like this by Primo Levi add to wishlist 'With the moral stamina and intellectual pose of a twentieth-century Titan, this slightly built, duitful, unassuming chemist set out systematically to remember the German hell on earth, steadfastly to think it through, and then to render it comprehensible in lucid, unpretentious prose. He was profoundly in touch with the minutest workings of the ... see all copies from £3.94! new only from £6.63! \| first editions
5	The Reawakening: The Companion Volume to Survival in Auschwitz more books like this by Primo Levi, Stuart J Woolf (Translator) add to wishlist Levi writes about his liberation from Auschwitz, the long struggle to return to his home in Italy, and his painful disorientation from his old life. see all copies from £3.42! new only from £6.34!
6	The drowned and the saved more books like this by Primo Levi add to wishlist Primo Levi's last book is an anguished view of the persistent torment and shame he feels because he had the luck to survive the Holocaust in which so many others perished. In his opinion, the best were those who "drowned" because they refused to compromise in any way. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.21! \| first editions
7	If not now, when? more books like this by Primo Levi add to wishlist This novel of the Second World War by the famed Italian author of SURVIVAL IN AUSCHWITZ appeared shortly after Primo Levi's death in 1987. It portrays the experiences of a group of Jewish partisans who wage guerilla warfare against the Nazis in Italy after the occupation of 1943. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.29! \| first editions
8	The Monkey's Wrench: 2a Novel more books like this by Primo Levi, William Weaver (Translator) add to wishlist Primo Levi's novel consists of a series of fable-like stories exchanged by two men: a construction worker and a writer who is (like Levi) also a chemist. One of the serious messages of Levi's comic tales is that meaningful work is essential for a happy and fulfilled life. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £23.03! \| first editions
9	Survival in Auschwitz more books like this by Primo Levi (Photographer) add to wishlist Originally entitled, IF THIS IS A MAN, Levi's narrative of his experiences at Auschwitz is unique among Holocaust memoirs for its simplicity, its lack of self-pity, and its objectivity; he often emphasizes not his own sufferings but the many instances of goodness he found among his fellow prisoners. In an appendix, Levi stated: "[I]n writing this ... see all copies from £5.61! first editions
10	Moments of Reprieve: A Memoir of Auschwitz more books like this by Primo Levi add to wishlist Levi records the stories of his friends and enemies at Auschwitz, in an attempt to preserve the horrifying Holocaust experience--the central purpose of Levi's life and work. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £9.23! \| first editions
11	The Monkey's Wrench more books like this by Primo Levi add to wishlist Primo Levi's novel consists of a series of fable-like stories exchanged by two men: a construction worker and a writer who is (like Levi) also a chemist. One of the serious messages of Levi's comic tales is that meaningful work is essential for a happy and fulfilled life. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £8.53! \| first editions
12	Martin Luther King, Jr. more books like this by A Pastan add to wishlist Tells the amazing story of struggle and triumph of one of the greatest Civil Rights leaders. In this groundbreaking new series, DK brings together fresh voices and DK design values to give readers the most information-packed, visually exciting biographies on the market today. Full-color photographs of people, places, and artifacts, definitions of ... see all copies from £4.98! new only from £4.98!
13 view cover	A Tranquil Star: Unpublished Stories of Primo Levi more books like this by Primo Levi, Ann Goldstein (Translator), Alessandra Bastagli (Translator) add to wishlist The first English publication of 17 classic Primo Levi stories marks the 20thanniversary of his death. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £6.32! \| first editions
14 view cover	Moments of reprieve more books like this by Primo Levi add to wishlist This collection of 15 short stories reflect life and death in Auschwitz during the Second World War. Each story features a different protagonist, all survivors of the horrors of life in a concentration camp. They explore the costs of survival and the nature of common morality. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £8.07! \| first editions
15 view cover	Commandant at Auschwitz: The Autobiographys of Rudolf Hoess more books like this by Rudolf Hoess, Constantine Fitzgibbon (Translator), Primo Levi (Introduction by) add to wishlist An extraordinary and unique document: Hoess was in charge of the huge extermination camp in Poland where the Nazis murdered some three million Jews, from the time of its creation (he was responsible for building it) in 1940 until late in 1943, by which time the mass exterminations were half completed. Before this he had worked in other ... see all copies from £6.70! new only from £6.70!
16	The Sixth Day and Other Tales: And Other Tales more books like this by Primo Levi, Raymond Rosenthal (Translator) add to wishlist Informed by Levi's sly and scientific imagination, the fictions in this collection explore a strangely familiar parallel universe in which scientific advances, gone unchecked, create a dehumanized and amoral world where machines write poetry and replicate anything--including human beings. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £25.84! \| first editions
17 view cover	The Voice of Memory: Interviews 1961-1987 more books like this by Primo Levi, Marco Belpoliti (Editor), Robert Gordon (Translator) add to wishlist Primo Levi is the subject of the 36 interviews collected here, each conducted by a different journalist or writer. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £6.07! \| first editions
18 view cover	If this is man ; and, The truce. more books like this by Primo Levi add to wishlist Primo Levi's account of life as a concentration camp prisoner falls into two parts. "If This is a Man" describes his deportation to Poland and the 20 months he spent working in Auschwitz. "The Truce" covers his journey home to Italy at the end of the war. see all copies from £8.88! new only from £8.88!
19 view cover	A Tranquil Star: Unpublished Stories more books like this by Primo Levi, Ann Goldstein (Translator), Alessandra Bastagli (Translator) add to wishlist The first English publication of 17 classic Primo Levi stories marks the 20thanniversary of his death. see all copies from £5.12! new only from £5.12! \| first editions
20	If this is a man more books like this by Primo Levi add to wishlist see all copies from £6.70! new only from £10.17! \| first editions
21 view cover	Other people's trades more books like this by Primo Levi add to wishlist The essays in this book include some of the subjects that fascinated Primo Levi - the house he lived in all his life, butterflies and spiders, imaginary creatures dreamed up by children, Rabelais, writing a novel, returning to school at 60 and the need for fear. Throughout the book there are glimpses of long lost childhood summers, his ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £26.29! \| first editions
22 view cover	The mirror maker : stories & essays more books like this by Primo Levi add to wishlist 'I hope the reader will be indulgent toward the extreme dispersion of themes, tones, and angles of approach that he will find in this collection. My justification is: the 'pieces' are situated in an arc of time that is close to a quarter of a century, the time of my almost total fidelity to LA STAMPA: and in twenty-five years many things change, ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.14! \| first editions
23 view cover	The Black Hole of Auschwitz more books like this by Primo Levi, Marco Belpoliti (Editor), Sharon Wood (Translator) add to wishlist "The Black Hole of Auschwitz" brings together Levi's writings on the Holocaust and his experiences of the concentration camp, as well as those on his own accidental status as a writer and his chosen profession of chemist. In this book Levi rails intelligently and eloquently against what he saw as the ebb of compassion and interest in the Holocaust ... see all copies from £9.34! new only from £10.30!
24 view cover	Auschwitz Report more books like this by Primo Levi, Robert S C Gordon (Editor), Judith Wolf (Translator) add to wishlist Immediately following his release from Auschwitz in 1945, Primo Levi, along with Dr Claudio Debenedetti, was asked to provide a report on living conditions in the concentration camp for Russian authorities. Published the following year, it was then forgotten and has until now remained unknown to a wider public. Representing the very first attempts ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £6.00! \| first editions
25	The Mirror Maker more books like this by Levi add to wishlist A varied selection of works by the Italian-Jewish writer famed for his Holocaust writings, this volume includes Levi's thoughts on Kafka, Jack London, and other writers, as well as short stories on themes that range from somber to ephemeral. see all copies from £4.99! new only from £8.05! \| first editions

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