If this is a man [sound recording] ; The truce /
by Levi, Primo [author.]; Levi, Primo.
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SoundPublisher: Grand Haven : Brilliance Audio, 2014Description: 13 CDs : digital, stereo.ISBN: 9781445040684 (CDs) :.Classification number: 920 LEVSubject(s): Levi, Primo -- Imprisonment | Auschwitz (Concentration camp) | World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Italian | Prisoners of war -- Italy | Audiobooks | Warfare and Defence | Biography & non-fiction prose | Biography: generalSummary: Primo Levi's account of life as a concentration camp prisoner falls into two parts. 'If This is a Man' describes his deportation to Poland and the 20 months he spent working in Auschwitz. 'The Truce' covers his journey home to Italy at the end of the war. Primo Levi's account of life as a concentration camp prisoner falls into two parts. If This Is A Man describes his deportation to Poland and the 20 months he spend working in Auschwitz. The Truce covers his long journey to Italy at the end of the war through Russia and Central Europe. Levi never raises his voice, complains or attributes blame. By telling his story quietly, objectively and in plain language he renders both the horror and the hope of the situation with absolute clarity. Probing the themes which preoccupy all his writing - work, love, power, the nature of things, what it is to be human - he leaves the reader drained, elated, apprehensive.
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Spoken Word CD - Adult
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Southport Library | Spoken word Adult fiction | Available | 002806797X |
Translated from the Italian.
Primo Levi's account of life as a concentration camp prisoner falls into two parts. 'If This is a Man' describes his deportation to Poland and the 20 months he spent working in Auschwitz. 'The Truce' covers his journey home to Italy at the end of the war. Primo Levi's account of life as a concentration camp prisoner falls into two parts. If This Is A Man describes his deportation to Poland and the 20 months he spend working in Auschwitz. The Truce covers his long journey to Italy at the end of the war through Russia and Central Europe. Levi never raises his voice, complains or attributes blame. By telling his story quietly, objectively and in plain language he renders both the horror and the hope of the situation with absolute clarity. Probing the themes which preoccupy all his writing - work, love, power, the nature of things, what it is to be human - he leaves the reader drained, elated, apprehensive.
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