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The Periodic Table

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Description for The Periodic Table Paperback. A chemist by training, the author became one of the witnesses to twentieth-century atrocity. In these haunting reflections inspired by the elements of the periodic table, he ranges from young love to political savagery; from the inert gas argon - and 'inert' relatives like the uncle who stayed in bed for twenty-two years - to life-giving carbon. Translator(s): Rosenthal, Raymond. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DN; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172.

Primo Levi's The Periodic Table is a collection of short stories that elegantly interlace the author's experiences in Fascist Italy, and later in Auschwitz, with his passion for scientific knowledge and discovery. This Penguin Modern Classics edition of is translated by Raymond Rosenthal with an essay on Primo Levi by Philip Roth.

A chemist by training, Primo Levi became one of the supreme witnesses to twentieth-century atrocity. In these haunting reflections inspired by the elements of the periodic table, he ranges from young love to political savagery; from the inert gas argon - and 'inert' relatives like the uncle ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Series
Penguin Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141185149
SKU
V9780141185149
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Ref
99-96

About Primo Levi
Primo Levi (1919-1987), an Italian Jew, did not come to the wide attention of the English-reading audience until the last years of his life. A survivor of the Holocaust and imprisonment in Auschwitz, Levi is considered to be one of the century's most compelling voices, and THE PERIODIC TABLE is his most famous book. Levi is also the author of ... Read more

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