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Survival In Auschwitz
Survival In Auschwitz | Primo Levi
The author describes his twenty month ordeal in the Nazi death camp.
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Crisllima
Se Isto um Homem | Primo Levi
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A narrativa exemplar da literatura de testemunho! Brilhante!

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nicole.books
Se questo un uomo | Primo Levi
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🦋🌧🤍 𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗆𝗈𝗈𝖽 🤍🌧🦋

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alessandrafn
Se questo un uomo | Primo Levi
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It's been a while.

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Graywacke
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Sorry, I don‘t know what to say. I feel I should confront this head on, but I also feel inadequate to say anything, maybe not justified. In any case, I finally read Levi. It‘s his slow personal attempt to communicate his experience, published in 1947. I‘ve ordered his next book, a sequel.

Lauraandherbooks I recently watched bag of marbles -I just will never understand how ppl can be so cruel , left me speechless 5y
Graywacke @Lauraandherbooks I had never heard of A Bag of Marbles. Just looked it up. Thanks for mentioning it. (And I don‘t understand either.) 5y
BarbaraBB His books are heartbreaking but so relevant. I‘ve read them all too. 5y
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Graywacke @BarbaraBB wow, I‘m impressed you have read all Levi‘s books. I have thought about doing that, but then let this 1st one sit around unread for years. Yes, heartbreaking and relevant. 5y
BarbaraBB I was a bit obsessed with him and WWII in my early 20s... 5y
CarolynM Words feel so inadequate in face of that horror. I can never find the language to express my feelings about it. 5y
Graywacke @CarolynM I haven‘t confronted my own feelings about it in a long time, too long. It‘s such a massive, outside of the spectrum of language, thing. 5y
Graywacke @BarbaraBB it wasn‘t a bad obsession. 5y
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Graywacke
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Started Thursday night.

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darbylogan
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Waiting on my tires to get looked at, starting to read this one! Has anyone else read it?

dragondrool I have a copy and read it maybe twenty years ago. 6y
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semtudo
Se Isto um Homem | Primo Levi
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semtudo.pt ✍

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Kristelh
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#4newfavesin4days, Recently read, not an easy read but speaks to the spirit of man to survive unspeakable horrors. Thanks @tstan

tstan You‘re welcome! This is such an amazing book. 6y
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DreesReads
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As tough as the first few chapters were, I ended up finding this very interesting. Levi tried to explain his surprise (in retrospect, I think) at how he and his fellow inmates just kept going. He illustrates this well. Despite the hunger, the cold, the cruel work, the cruel people, they kept going and did not give up. Ingenuity was key to survival. #reading1001 #1001books

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DreesReads
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Up next, my last #reading1001 April read. I‘m not I can finish by the end of the month, it is as hard as I expected, and the writing style is also difficult. #1001books

BarbaraBB Has this book another title as well? I can‘t find this one on the list but have read three others by Primo Levi about Auschwitz. 7y
DreesReads @BarbaraBB this is also called 7y
BarbaraBB Ah! Such a sad, sad read 😢 7y
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Kristelh
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Kristelh
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1001BooksPodcast We really loved this one! 7y
AshleyHoss820 This book really got to me. Excellent read! 7y
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dastevensish
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This is the of Levi‘s writing I‘ve read. There were places in this memoir where the beauty of his writing was so incongruous with the horrors he had lived that it rightly left me speechless.

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A_Biblioteca_da_Joao
Se Isto um Homem | Primo Levi
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⭐⭐⭐⭐ Um livro necessário, escrito na primeira pessoa. O autor não dramatiza mas também não encobre as atrocidades de que foi alvo.

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auria.linda
Se questo un uomo | Primo Levi
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Una fotografia della vita nei campi di concentramento in alta definizione, dettagliata in ogni piccolo particolare. Dal momento della sveglia alla notte, fino alla più profonde riflessioni sull'esistenza umana. Ho dovuto interrompere più volte la lettura.

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Lylah
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Love Levi's astute observations about human nature.

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Lylah
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Always amazed by how people maintain this kind of mindset after adversity.

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Lylah
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Lylah
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Reading this again for class. Mentally prepping myself for all the dense emotion.

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AshleyHoss820
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I know it's probably not the best choice of words to say that I enjoyed a Holocaust book, but I did. We can't trace back one of my ancestor's because their records were among those Hitler ordered burned. I have yet to find a Holocaust memoir that hasn't stayed with me. It's important that we keep their lessons at the front of our minds. 38/1,001 #1001Books

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aphonsoabreu
Se Isto um Homem | Primo Levi
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Heartbreaking storytelling of the holocaust. In this book, Primo Levi tells everything that was never told, since ways of surviving daily in the concentration camp to how things really worked there. The book is haunting, and will make you reflect about your life.

DebinHawaii Sounds very moving. Welcome to Litsy! I hope you enjoy it here! 🎉📚👍 8y
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Erynecki
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As to survival...some skill and a whole lot of serendipitous luck.
The same can be said about my own family's survival, although they were not at Auschwitz.

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SaintUrsula
Se questo un uomo | Primo Levi
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I meant to do yesterday's #seasonsreadings2016 prompt but things have been a little crazy around here so I'm a day late. These are books I have #notinenglish. I got rid of more when we moved from Italy.

SaintUrsula I haven't read the Pavese or Pirandello yet, but the Levi was the first "real" book I read in Italian. 8y
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ladyclassics
Se questo un uomo | Primo Levi
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"For the first time we realized that our language is missing the words to describe this offense, the demolition of a man."

If This is a Man: Survival in Auschwitz, written by the Jewish Italian writer Primo Levi, is a true recount of his experience as a prisoner in the most infamous concentration camp of the Holocaust. So far it has been a raw reflection not only of the monstrosities witnessed, but the effect that they have on the human psyche.

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catatonic1242
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So staggering that it needed to be softened by the presence of a cat.

LitHousewife I read this while studying for my Master's Degree. It was emotionally draining but so incredible. 8y
catatonic1242 @LitHousewife "Intense" is a good word for it. I actually felt guilty eating while reading it. 8y
SusanInTiburon Love your kitty! Cats make it possible for us to endure hard realities. 8y
catatonic1242 @Susanintiburon Right? They can be so comforting. 8y
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