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Moments of Reprieve

Door Primo Levi

Categorie
Engels
Boeknummer
#260702
Titel
Moments of Reprieve
Auteur
Levi, Primo
Boektype
Pocket
Uitgeverij
Abacus
Jaar van uitgave
1987
ISBN10
0349122008
ISBN13
9780349122007
Taal
Engels
Samenvatting
In this collection of essays based on his time as a Jewish prisoner in the Nazi camps, Primo Levi creates a series of sketches of the people he met who retained their humanity even in the most inhumane circumstances.

Having already written two memoirs of his survival at Auschwitz, Levi knew there was still more left untold. Collected in this book are stray vignettes of fifteen individuals Levi met during his imprisonment. Whether it was the young Romani man who smuggled a creased photo of his bride past the camp guards or the starving prisoner who still insisted on fasting on Yom Kippur, the memory of these individuals stayed with Levi for long after.

They represent for him “bizarre, marginal moments of reprieve.” Neither simple heroes nor victims, but people who never lo... (Lees verder)st sight of their humanity in the face of unimaginable suffering. Written with the author's signature humility and intelligence, Moments of Reprieve shines with lyricism and insight. Nearly forty years after their publication, Levi's words remain as beautiful as they are necessary.

Along with Elie Wiesel and Hannah Arendt, Primo Levi is remembered as one of the most powerful and perceptive writers on the Holocaust and the Jewish experience during World War II. This is an essential book both for students and literary readers. Reading Primo Levi is a lesson in the resiliency of the human spirit.
Pagina's
172
Conditie
Goed — Small tear in edge front cover.
Prijs
€ 5,00

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