Auschwitz Testimonies
Primo Levi Leonardo De Benedetti Fabio Levi (Redaktør) Domenico Scarpa (Redaktør) Judith Woolf (Oversetter) Robert S. C. Gordon (Introduksjon)
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"One of the most important and gifted writers of our time."
—Italo Calvino"The triumph of human identity and worth over the pathology of human destruction glows virtually everywhere in Levi's writing.... Time and time again we are moved by his narratives of how men refuse erasure."
—Toni Morrison"Primo Levi's poise was one of the greatest achievements in the history of the human spirit. His writing restored the honor of humanism after Auschwitz."
—Leon Wieseltier"Whether as witness or imaginative artist, Levi stands high among the truly essential European writers of the past century."
—Michael Dirda, Washington Post"Their unvarnished testimony speaks volumes about the weight of responsibility felt by survivors such as Levi to ensure that the world never forgot the 'insane dream of building a thousand-year empire upon millions of corpses and slaves'."
—The Sydney Morning Herald"Levi writes of unspeakable things with charity, clarity and objectivity."
—Sunday Times"The publication of Auschwitz Testimonies may go some way to fulfil Levi's 40-year post-war odyssey to bear witness to 'the history of today, whose violence is the child of that violence which, by sheer chance, we managed to survive'."
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—The Morning Star
In 1945, the day after liberation, Soviet soldiers in control of the Katowice camp in Poland asked Primo Levi and his fellow captive Leonardo De Benedetti to compile a detailed report on the sanitary conditions in Auschwitz. Les mer
Underpinned by his characteristically clear language, rigorous method, and deep psychological insight, this collection of testimonies, reports and analyses reaffirms Primo Levi's position as one of the most important chroniclers of the Holocaust. It will find a wide readership, both among the many readers of Levi's work and among all those who wish to understand one of the greatest human tragedies of all time.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Polity Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 220
- ISBN
- 9781509513369
- Utgivelsesår
- 2017
- Format
- 22 x 14 cm
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"One of the most important and gifted writers of our time."
—Italo Calvino"The triumph of human identity and worth over the pathology of human destruction glows virtually everywhere in Levi's writing.... Time and time again we are moved by his narratives of how men refuse erasure."
—Toni Morrison"Primo Levi's poise was one of the greatest achievements in the history of the human spirit. His writing restored the honor of humanism after Auschwitz."
—Leon Wieseltier"Whether as witness or imaginative artist, Levi stands high among the truly essential European writers of the past century."
—Michael Dirda, Washington Post"Their unvarnished testimony speaks volumes about the weight of responsibility felt by survivors such as Levi to ensure that the world never forgot the 'insane dream of building a thousand-year empire upon millions of corpses and slaves'."
—The Sydney Morning Herald"Levi writes of unspeakable things with charity, clarity and objectivity."
—Sunday Times"The publication of Auschwitz Testimonies may go some way to fulfil Levi's 40-year post-war odyssey to bear witness to 'the history of today, whose violence is the child of that violence which, by sheer chance, we managed to survive'."
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—The Morning Star