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A noted Italian writer presents an assemblage of intricate characters based on his vivid recollections of the prisoners and officials he knew in Auschwitz
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Published simultaneously with the reissue of Levi's Survival in Auschwitz and The Reawakening (see above), this new memoir presents 15 additional portraits of unforgettable characters the author encountered at Auschwitz. In Levi's "moments of reprieve"which he describes as "bizarre, marginal moments of truce"he encountered Wolf, a Berlin pharmacist who had scabies but didn't scratch; Ezra, the cantor who insisted that his soup ration be saved while he fasted on Yom Kippur; Joel, a blond Jew with a German accent who crossed Europe without being harmed by the Gestapo but was imprisoned by the British in Palestine; Avrom, an innocent young soldier of fortune who became a hero of the Resistance; Grigo, a Gypsy who paid with bread for having an undeliverable letter written; and Rumkowski, chief of the Lodz ghetto, who rode to Auschwitz in a private car. First serial to New York Review of Books, Vanity Fair, Dissent and Moment. February
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Moments of Reprieve
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Summit Books, 1986
ISBN 10: 0671605356
ISBN 13: 9780671605353
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Moments of Reprieve
Published by
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Moments of Reprieve
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Summit Books, New York, 1985
ISBN 10: 0671605356
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. --ALL INVENTORY 40% OFF in Sept--Unmarked text. Unclipped dust jacket with tanning and chipping under clear mylar cover. Measures 5.75x8.75 inches. Translated by Ruth Feldman. 172p. Primo Levi (1919-1987) was an Italian Jewish chemist, writer, and Holocaust survivor. This book deals with those he observed during imprisonment. Seller Inventory # 28594
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