If This Is a Man / The Truce
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If This Is a Man / The Truce
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Henry Goodman
About this listen
Translated by Stuart Woolf.
'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 (P)2014 Hachette AudioCritic Reviews
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- Anonymous User
- 29-12-2022
Beautifully read
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.
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-05-2020
different
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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- Anonymous User
- 28-08-2021
Very intense and impressive
When you listen to the voice over it is like you are being transferred in the shoes of Primo. It like you are there and see, feel, experience everything in that horror place. Very intense book - If This Is A Man. The next book The Truce is also a good book, but you have to listen to it a bit different. It is not that intense as the first book, but contains surprising stories of the journey back home from Auschwitz. For me this was an impressive journey.
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- O R
- 09-03-2022
One of the most important books ever written
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.
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- Emma
- 27-01-2017
very moving, one 'complaint':
I just wish the narrator would translate the random words into English as well. 3
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- Luke E
- 17-05-2015
A chilling yet inspiring account of internment.
I found this to be a scary account of how humanity can be stripped away given a certain environment. A truely inspiring account of survival and life lessons on how any maybe why to live.
'First you need shoes, people think its food, but first, shoes.'
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- Alan J. Smith
- 05-02-2019
Stunning
Harrowing content that is expertly delivered. I can not recommend it more. You will not be disappointed.
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- Anonymous User
- 21-01-2024
Essential listening
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.
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