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If This Is a Man • The Truce

Primo Levi,

Stuart J. Woolf (Translator)

Start date: January 1, 2025

Finish date: January 31, 2025

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Sep 28, 2010 Chrissie rated it really liked it

Shelves: history, austria, kirkus, 2012-read, poland, soviet-union, religion, bio, italy, hungary

This book includes the two books Survival in Auschwitz and The Reawakening by Primo Levi. The American and European publications have employed different titles. The book ends with an excellent "Afterword". This too is written by the author. I recommend this edition.

This book is quite different from other holocaust books, by its very lack of emotion. It is a clear statement of what exactly happened to the author, both in the camp (If This is a Man) and afterwards on his travels home to Turin, Ita ...more

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Dec 31, 2022 walkabout rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Agghiacciante resoconto della malvagità abbinata ai peggiori pregiudizi che si possano avere nei confronti di un collettivo.
Febbraio 2024: l'oppresso diventa oppressore e infierisce con la stessa malvagità sui Palestinesi. Cosa hanno imparato i sionisti dalla storia? Ben poco a giudicare dalle torture infltte ai legittimi abitanti della Palestina. #freepalestine ...more

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