by Primo Levi
First published 2015
Primo Levi, renowned Holocaust survivor, sits down for his last interview. As he reflects on his harrowing experiences in Auschwitz, a darker truth emerges - one that forces Levi to confront the moral ambiguities that haunt him. Navigating a lifetime of trauma, he must decide whether to reveal a long-buried secret that could shatter his legacy. In this gripping character study, Levi grapples with the weight of memory and the human capacity for both good and evil.
Genres: holocaust, literary-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, biography-memoir
Vibes: dark, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: grappling-with-the-past, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Italy
Period: 20th century
160 pages · Kindle Edition · Polity
Content warnings: mental-illness