Primo Levi was one of the most astonishing voices to emerge from the twentieth century: a man who survived one of the ugliest times in history,yet who was able to describe his own Auschwitz experience with an unaffected tenderness.Levi was a master storyteller but he did not write fairytales. These stories are an elegy to the human figures who stood out against the tragic background of Auschwitz,'the ones in whom I had recognized the will and capacity to react,and hence a rudiment of virtue'. Each centres on an individual who - whether it be through a juggling trick,a slice of apple or a letter - discovers one of the'bizarre,marginal moments of reprieve'.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780141186979Number of pages: 176Weight: 134 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 10 mm
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