Description

This powerful memoir recounts the author's harrowing ten months as a prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. With remarkable clarity and restraint, it details the systematic cruelty of the camp while also exploring the resilience of the human spirit in the face of unimaginable adversity. The narrative offers a profound meditation on survival, memory, and the enduring capacity for hope even in the darkest of circumstances. Levi's unflinching yet compassionate prose makes this a timeless testament to the importance of bearing witness.

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paperback edition cover

paperback

Touchstone

Published Sep 1, 1995

192 pages

ISBN: 9780684826806

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Details

First Published

1947

Language

eng

Translation

From: ita

Content Warnings

Content and trigger warnings for Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi.

War/Trauma
Death/Grief