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If This Is A Man/The Truce

By: Primo Levi, Stuart Woolf - translator
Narrated by: Henry Goodman
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Summary

 "With the moral stamina and intellectual poise of a twentieth-century Titan, this slightly built, dutiful, unassuming chemist set out systematically to remember the German hell on earth, steadfastly to think it through, and then to render it comprehensible in lucid, unpretentious prose. He was profoundly in touch with the minutest workings of the most endearing human events and with the most contemptible. What has survived in Levi's writing isn't just his memory of the unbearable, but also, in THE PERIODIC TABLE and THE WRENCH, his delight in what made the world exquisite to him. He was himself a magically endearing man, the most delicately forceful enchanter I've ever known" - PHILIP ROTH©2014 Primo Levi 20th Century Historical Medical Military Modern Professionals & Academics
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Critic Reviews

The death of Primo Levi robs Italy of one of its finest writers . . . One of the few survivors of the Holocaust to speak of his experiences with a gentle voice
Levi's voice is especially affecting, so clear, firm and gentle, yet humane and apparently untouched by anger, bitterness or self-pity. If This Is a Man is miraculous, finding the human in every individual who traverses its pages, whether a Häftling (prisoner) or Muselmann ("the weak, the inept, those doomed to selection"), a kapo or a guard.
With the moral stamina and intellectual poise of a twentieth-century Titan, this slightly built, dutiful, unassuming chemist set out systematically to remember the German hell on earth, steadfastly to think it through, and then to render it comprehensible in lucid, unpretentious prose... One of the greatest human testaments of the era
There are other Holocaust testimonies, but Levi's is the first, and the most focused... Written before the genre existed, it reads more straightforwardly like a record... It is a meticulously presented diary of hell
[What] gave it such power... was the sheer, unmitigated truth of it; the sense of what a book could achieve in terms of expanding one's own knowledge and understanding at a single sitting... few writers have left such a legacy... A necessary book
A life-changing book
Among the best literature of the twentieth century
A powerful reminder of what it means to be human
All stars
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This a different story to other was stories Gave an insight into the aftermath of the war. Enjoyed the story line and narration. A good listen.

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This is a deeply compelling book beautifully
narrated by Henry Goodman. There is a great richness to the storytelling. A very moving and human account of a dark chapter of human history. Thoroughly recommended.

Beautifully read

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Harrowing content that is expertly delivered. I can not recommend it more. You will not be disappointed.

Stunning

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Having just visited Auschwitz this was a movingly deep and personal story. Levi adds essential depth to life (and death) in the camp. Incredibly descriptive, chillingly so, beautifully read.

Essential listening

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This book had an immense impact on my life while listening to it. It's one the most important documents to be written and needs to be heard by as many people as possible.
Primo Levi describes in a chilling poetic and accurate detail his experience in the death camp and the experience of being reduced down to a prisoner doubtfully still human. In contrary to other tales of this dark periodvin history, Levi manages to the transport you until you feel like you're there with him he does that by recounting the psychological state during this time and diving into details such as the type of dreams he had in the camp. It's fascinating. Tragic and sad but at the same time hopeful and inspiring.

One of the most important books ever written

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