by Primo Levi
First published 1985
Primo Levi, acclaimed author of "If This Is a Man," returns to the memories that haunt him most. From his experience as a Jewish prisoner in Auschwitz to the unforgiving aftermath, Levi reckons with the trauma that shaped his life and work. As he delves into the toughest questions of survival and identity, Levi's quiet resilience shines through, revealing the humanity that endures even in the darkest of times.
Genres: holocaust, 20th-century, biography-memoir, jewish
Vibes: dark, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
Setting: Auschwitz
Period: World War II
222 pages · Hardcover · Summit Books
Content warnings: death, mental-illness