Moments of Reprieve: A Memoir of Auschwitz (Classic,

Moments of Reprieve: A Memoir of Auschwitz (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)

"One of the most important and gifted writers of our time" â€”Italo Calvino

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 whoâ€”whether it be through a juggling trick, a slice of apple or a letterâ€”discovers one of the "bizarre, marginal moments of reprieve."

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700Â titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theÂ series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-dateÂ translations by award-winning translators.
Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Penguin Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
Color White
ReleaseDate 1995-07-01
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780140188950

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin
Manufacturer	Penguin Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
Color	White
ReleaseDate	1995-07-01
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780140188950

Moments of Reprieve: A Memoir of Auschwitz (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)

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