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Primo Levi : tragedy of an optimist

by Myriam Anissimov, Steve Cox

A biography of an Italian chemist and Holocaust survivor, drawing on interviews and unpublished texts to document his life. It examines his wartime experiences and his influential role in providing literary testimony of the concentration camps.

Accession 27447 ISBN 0879518065 Publisher The Overlook Press
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