Primo Michele Levi (Turin, 31 July 1919- 11 April 1987) was an Italian Jewish chemist, writer, and Holocaust survivor. He was the author of several books, novels, collections of short stories, essays, and poems. He graduated in Chemistry from the University of Turin in 1941 and two years later joined the anti-fascist resistance. He was captured and deported to Auschwitz, where he worked as a slave in an industrial plant. After the camp was liberated by the Red Army in 1945 and after an odyss...
I sommersi e i salvati
I sommersi e i salvati
Synopsis
Primo Levi, a survivor of the Holocaust, reflects on the enduring lessons of the Nazi exterminations. Forty years after the events, he grapples with the fear that these atrocities might become just another routine part of history. This profound work explores the meaning of survival and memory in the face of unimaginable loss.
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The drowned and the savedUnknown, 1989
170 pages
AbacusLanguage: EnglishISBN: 9780349100470New Ed5 editions available
