About this title: 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.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Abacus
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780349100470ISBN:0349100470
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Abacus Books (Sphere)
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780349100463ISBN:0349100462
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Edition: Vintage Intl ed.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780679721864ISBN:067972186X
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Abacus
Date Published: 01/02/1991
ISBN-13:9780349100470ISBN:0349100470
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Abacus
Date Published: 01/02/1991
ISBN-13:9780349100470ISBN:0349100470
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 1/1/1988
ISBN-13:9780671632809ISBN:0671632809
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Edition: Vintage Intl ed.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780679721864ISBN:067972186X
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Text in English, Italian. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 208 p. Audience: General/trade. 1009 bj read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1989-04-23
ISBN-13:9780679721864ISBN:067972186X
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Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 1988-01
ISBN-13:9780671632809ISBN:0671632809
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Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780349100470ISBN:0349100470
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 192 pages. (192 pages) levi's examination of what it meant to have survived the holocaust. 20 cm edition new ed (Paperback) read more
"The first book I've read about a Holocaust survivor. It was riveting, read it in 3 days. Levi's attempt to understand the enormity of the atrocities in the death camps...understanding the German mindset. What struck me most was his statement that the best died in the camps...and the worse survived! Especially painful to read knowing that he committed suicide not long after this was published."
"This book has made me realise that the empathy I thought I felt for the Jews in the concentration camps--an empathy that I believe exists by virtue of our common humanity--was misguided and shallow. This book made me ask: What is personal integrity? Am I a person of integrity? It made me realise that I have never actually really known what integrity is, let alone aspired to it."
"This book was a selection of a book club that I'm in. I have read a slew of books about the Holocaust and wasn't sure that I was ready for another one. I was wrong.
What I liked about this book is that it is a reflection, and memories to put the reflections into context, about a horrific chapter in human history. Primo writes about the "gray zone" of inmate hierarchy including the Kapos and how the Nazi system of dehumanization led to situations where inmates hurt each other to survive. Other chapters in the book deal with memory, shame, intellectuals, and one topic I had not encountered before, communication. Primo does not simplify or stereotype, but probes the complexities of life in the Lagers."
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