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    <body><![CDATA[What I learned from this book: the meaning of Israel.<br/><br/><em>&quot;For the Russians, a longing for home was not an unreasonable hope, even probable: a yearning to go back, a call. For the Jews, the regret for their houses was not a hope but a despair, buried till then under more urgent and serio...</em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37777361">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Primo Levi is such an amazing writer. He has the ability to say so very much with so little in a way that is still intensely satisfying. While I didn't enjoy this book as much as <em>Survival in Auschwitz</em>, it was still an immensely satisfying read. However, if you have never read any Primo Levi, I would...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1647149">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Hmm. I really wanted to like this book more than I did. It recounts a fascinating story of the life of Russian and Polish Jewish partisans during the Second World War. These are men and women who found themselves behind the front lines in a sort of no man's land and did their part to fight the Nazi'...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79397800">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Not the sort of book I would usually choose - I feel very ignorant about the background (Russian, Polish and Jewish partisans trying to survive in the 2nd World War) but it's very readable because the main character is so human and believable.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought this was an absolutely fascinating book. I got bogged down a bit with some of the geography as that's never been my strong suit. But for me this book shone a light on a side of the Holocaust and WWII that I never really knew existed or gave much thought to - the partisan groups, acting not...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39814036">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I discovered this book on the reading list <em>1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die</em>. This historical fiction, published first in Italian in 1982 (<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6115172.Se_non_ora_quando_Italian_Edition_" title="Se non ora, quando? (Italian Edition) by Primo Levi">Se non ora, quando?</a>), draws on the life experiences of the author, an Auschwitz-survivor, conversations he had with others like his main character Mendel, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41960648">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Thi book really challenged me. It was not an easy read, especially as I was trying to keep up with the geography and history elements of the war. However the story is about the main character's journey throughout the war from his destroyed home town to Italy. It was a fascinating book - it bought my...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37103504">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<em>If Not Now, When</em> offers a realistic fictional account of Jewish partisans operating in eastern Europe during World War Two. The author, Primo Levi, was a death camp survivor who actually met and interviewed the real people on whose lives the book is based.<br/><br/>That said, Levi also wrote a com...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65159262">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Let's face it, you have to be in the right mood to read this book and the holiday season is not it.  I am putting this book on the back burner to try to read in say, February when I am stuck in the house because of the bitter cold.  I did not get far but far enough to know that this is not a holiday...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38695511">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Rarely did I devote myself so much to a book like this. Maybe it's the theme, the characters or the plain, pure narrative that constantly haunts me - I just know sooner or later, I'm gonna re-read this great book as I'm gonna have a rendezvous with a dear old friend.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Gave up on it, maybe 2/3 of the way in.  Suffers as many soldier stories do from an episodic structure that doesn't seem to take the narrative anywhere interesting.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Well written story about a group of Jews who band together to continue fighting the war as an outlaw group of partisans as they make their way towards Italy.  Interesting that much of the content was so devasatating, yet told in such a dispassionate way.  Still had a large impact.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the book for the 1001 booklist discussion for Dec 15th to Jan 15th, so I oughta get cracking on the reading!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love everything by Primo Levi, and this description of survivors trying to get home after the war is no exception.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[In the final days of World War II, a courageous band of Jewish partisans makes it way from Russia to Italy, moving toward the ultimate goal of Palestine. Based on a true story, <em>If Not Now, When?</em> chronicles their adventures as they wage a personal war of revenge against the Nazis: blowing up trains, rescuing the last victims of concentration camps, scoring victories in the face of unspeakable devastation. Primo Levi captures the landscape and the people of Eastern Europe in vivid detail, depicting as well the terrible bleakness of war-ridden Europe. But finally, what he gives us is a tribute to the strength and ingenuity of the human spirit.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[A masterful book. Levi utilizes the events of the time as a backdrop rather than a focus. ]]></body>
    
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