"La tregua", seguito di "Se questo è un uomo", è considerato da molti il capolavoro di Levi: diario del viaggio verso la libertà dopo l'internament...
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Jun 11, 2007
Hilary
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In The Reawakening, Auschwitz survivor Primo Levi describes his epic journey home to Italy after the Russians liberated the camps. It's a worthy sequel to Levi's Survival in Auschwitz, but also stands on its own as a picaresque, and poignant, adventure. Levi's emphasis on language as necessity to survival carries over from his earlier book, and you learn the words he learns as he makes his way across Poland and into Russia and through Hungary and Romania. You learn as he learns the black mark
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Jan 29, 2010
Ruby
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Where Survival in Auschwitz took my breath away and made me unable to move, The Reawakening filled me with hope again. Oh, of course it's still - I don't even know the word. But here, I did laugh a couple of times, while it moved me at the same time. It was less intense than Survival in Auschwitz, but it did gave me more space in my chest again. Which is probably a strange way to put it, but that's the only way to describe it.
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Mar 09, 2011
Vito
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Seguito di Se questo è un uomo, La tregua vi si discosta molto nella natura e negli intenti: sono, in pratica, due libri completamente diversi.
Al racconto dei lunghi mesi che separano la liberazione di Auschwitz dal rientro a casa ha sicuramente giovato molto non solo la distanza temporale dagli eventi narrati, ma anche la ripetizione orale con cui Levi avrà, negli anni, perfezionato il racconto stesso: il risultato è una storia che, oltre a far giustamente riflettere, appassiona e - perché no? More...
Al racconto dei lunghi mesi che separano la liberazione di Auschwitz dal rientro a casa ha sicuramente giovato molto non solo la distanza temporale dagli eventi narrati, ma anche la ripetizione orale con cui Levi avrà, negli anni, perfezionato il racconto stesso: il risultato è una storia che, oltre a far giustamente riflettere, appassiona e - perché no? More...
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Jul 26, 2011
Panthère
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Quatrième de couverture
A la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, un groupe de prisonniers italiens libérés par les Russes entame une longue marche de plusieurs mois pour rejoindre leur terre natale. " Accompagnés " par l'Armée rouge dans une réjouissante pagaille, se retrouvent pêle-mêle héros et traîtres, paysans et voleurs, savants et nomades : autant d'hommes qui redécouvrent, émerveillés, la vie, le monde, la forêt, les filles, sans oublier l'art du trafic pour subsister. La Tr More...
A la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, un groupe de prisonniers italiens libérés par les Russes entame une longue marche de plusieurs mois pour rejoindre leur terre natale. " Accompagnés " par l'Armée rouge dans une réjouissante pagaille, se retrouvent pêle-mêle héros et traîtres, paysans et voleurs, savants et nomades : autant d'hommes qui redécouvrent, émerveillés, la vie, le monde, la forêt, les filles, sans oublier l'art du trafic pour subsister. La Tr More...
Mar 28, 2011
blake
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It's an important book but not nearly as compelling as the preceding Survival in Auschwitz. This book becomes more of a series of snapshots of different incidents and characters that Levi encountered in the few months between his liberation from the concentration camp and his arrival back home. Levi's poignant sociological, political and philosophical observations are still present, just fewer and farther between. His most admirable trait is the non-judgmental way he has of observing even the
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Sep 26, 2011
Julia
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Ora questo sogno interno, il sogno di pace, è finito, e nel sogno esterno, che prossegue gelido, odo risonuare una você, bem nota, una sola parola, non imperiosa, anzi breve e sommessa. È il commando dell'alba di Auschwitz, una parola straniera, temuta e attesa: alzarsi “Wstawác”.
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Oct 26, 2010
Tucker
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Levi describes the hardships of his journey home to Italy following the liberation of Auschwitz. Formatted chronologically, almost as a diary, without significant action or conflict, the significance of this book may not be apparent when it is read on its own. It would be best read as a follow-up to If This is a Man (published in the US as Survival in Auschwitz).
See my review on Helium of Se questo e un uomo (If This is a Man, or Survival in Auschwitz) and its sequel La tregua (The More...
See my review on Helium of Se questo e un uomo (If This is a Man, or Survival in Auschwitz) and its sequel La tregua (The More...
Jun 13, 2007
Dagezi
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This is going to sound slightly unhinged but this might just be the greatest road book ever (and would make an absolutely fantastic movie). Where Survival in Auschwitzdeals with intensity of human suffering and inhumanity focused down to a white hot point almost beyond language, this book deals with an aftermath that of course was anything but simple. The story of how Levi returned home to Italy afterwards, the book manages to capture both the preservation of his essential humaneness and the l
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Nov 18, 2011
Alan
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Primo Levi's trilogy of books about Auschwitz are a staggering achievement. He writes without compromise of the atrocities that men are capable of but also of the triumph of the human spirit of the interned. Most significantly he deals with issues that are particularly difficult: does a prisoner who steals food from a dying man bear the same guilt as the nazis? Who should or shouldn't be forgiven?
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Aug 09, 2011
Max
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Tras relatar sus vivencias en los campos de exterminio de Auschwitz en el obligatorio 'Si esto es un hombre', Primo Levi entrega su segundo volumen de memorias, escrito en los años 60. 'La tregua' narra el periplo de los presos después de la liberación del campo por parte de los Rusos. Una epopeya emocionante, con historias de personas que intentan sobrevivir tirando de un débil hilo de luz. Historias de los pocos que lo consiguieron, pese a quedar marcados para siempre.
Jun 08, 2011
Sarah
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Another great and thought-provoking book by Primo Levi. I'm sure it isn't surprising to say that this book, about his interval of time post-Auschwitz but before living at home in Italy again, was not so chilling and dark as Survival In Auschwitz about his time inside the camp, I did not expect to laugh out loud as many times as I did. Levi demonstrates such reflection, is quite unflinching, and I see more than ever before that curiosity and compassion help us to get through life and move on.
Jan 29, 2011
Dauro
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Belo e inspirado relato dos meses que se seguiram à libertação do autor do campo de Auschwitz: acompanhando a romaria de refugiados, primeiro na Polônia e depois na Rússia, de campo em campo, enquanto esperava a repatriação para a Itália. Ele descreve personagens fantásticos que encontrou na jornada e suas emoções desencontradas ao reconquistar a liberdade.
Jan 26, 2009
Dominique
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I think this is one of the most shockingly beautiful books. How can you be so filled with depression and hope at the same time? The images of his travels throughout Europe, his view of the world as if he is an extraterrestial learning how to live. Everyone should read this book.
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Feb 22, 2010
Goodson
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Read after "Survival in Auschwitz". The story of Primo Levi's return home. You won't want to miss it. By the way fellow readers, Primo Levi was introduced to me by Tzvetan Todorov in his book "Hope and Memory". You need to read that one too.
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Jul 30, 2011
Les pérégrinations de Primo Levi en Europe de l'Est après sa sortie d'Auschwitz. Ton assez différent de "Si c'est un homme", ici on est dans un récit un peu picaresque et non dénué d'humour.
May 26, 2011
Steve
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Essential companion to Survival in Auschwitz, hard to believe it took so much effort to return home. The chapter where he passes through Germany really gripped me, the author wanting to shake the war torn Germans into understanding what he endured, but realizing they were all so shattered as it stood, and just left with his train, homeward bound.
Sep 12, 2011
Yann
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Eté 1945, sous la pression de l'armée rouge, les nazis évacuent en catastrophe la Pologne. Au camp d'Auchwitz, les malades ont été abandonnés, et parmi eux, Primo Levi, l'auteur de ce témoignage. Dans une europe en plein chaos, ces derniers vont être ballotés de centres en centres par les soviétiques, avant de pouvoir finalement regagner leurs foyers italiens. Le narrateur croise des personnages hauts en couleur qui, fort heureusement, n'ont pas les deux pieds dans le même sabot, et ne balancent
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May 19, 2010
Jesse
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Marvelous, as expected. Levi is easily one of the finest writers of the 20th century and even retelling the events of his life, he wrings great meaning and emotional resonance from the text.
Aug 24, 2011
Sonia
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La trêve, le récit du périple entre Auschwitz à la libération et le retour du pays.
La prise en charge par les russes, les camps de réfugiés, témoignages d'autant de morceaux de vie...
La prise en charge par les russes, les camps de réfugiés, témoignages d'autant de morceaux de vie...
Jul 14, 2010
Pedro
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O livro valeria a pena pela história de Hurbinek, o menino que não falava nenhuma língua.
De mais a mais, Levi conta, com imensa generosidade e leveza. a sua trajetória de volta para a Itália, sem, todavia, dispensar um final amargo.
De mais a mais, Levi conta, com imensa generosidade e leveza. a sua trajetória de volta para a Itália, sem, todavia, dispensar um final amargo.
Aug 09, 2007
Steel
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I read this book last semester while working on a longer paper on Levi's work. I think the Italian title is La Tregua (the Truce) and the book tells the story of his liberation from Auschwitz and the ensuing year as he moved further east into various administrative camps through Russia and his eventual circuitous journey home to Turin, Italy. His eye is typically sharp and his recollections stunning and impossibly true in their frankness and lack of obscurity from emotional excitement. A bril
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Feb 17, 2009
Lavinia
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When I started this book the first thing I though was "oh, ok, another book on nazi camps..." I had read so many, that I thought nothing could surprise me anymore. Still, I found it interesting and I enjoyed it. Maybe the fact that part of the action is taking place in Romania and there are a few references to Romanian language and cities and so on helped. It's always interesting to get an objective view of your country from a foreigner...
Jun 03, 2008
Josie
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I love Primo Levi, but for some reason this one didn't click. He details his journey home from Auschwitz, in particular the people he meets along the way. The journey itself doesn't provide enough of an organizing principle for the book, so it seems like a series of vignettes of people Levi finds who are good, odd, or otherwise remarkable...
Oct 05, 2008
Ryan
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Second memoir tells of leaving the Buna after the Nazis abandon it as the Russians move in. Covers Levi's subsequent travails as he waits to be repatriated back to Italy. The people he meets, the experiences he has, and the long road home through the Russian countryside makes for an engaging read as he comes back to life.
Oct 17, 2008
Sanam
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beautiful but hard to read. about the days after the author survives from auschwitz and how he makes the long road back to him homeland, italy. not many stories about what happened after - so an interesting read. and he's a very balanced writer - surprisingly positive and not bitter about what happened
Oct 01, 2007
Pam
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This book tells the tale of how Primo Levi and other Holocaust survivors finally got home after many months of traveling through Russia, Hungary and Romania. He describes 'former prisoners and Russian soldiers....it is an 'extraordinary account of faith, hope and undying courage'.
Feb 10, 2008
Cindy
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Not recommended for reading on your commute to work. If the language is this beautiful in English, I can only imagine the Italian version. This book deserves to be savored in a quiet unhurried pace...
Dec 16, 2009
Molly
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Primo Levi--a tremendously courageous man. This book is circular, about Levi's travel home at the end of WWII, after Nazi occupation. The story of his life is absolutely amazing to me.
Aug 15, 2007
Mark
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How could something so grim be so terrific? A gripping evocation not only of the horror of the Holocaust but of the utter chaos in Europe after the war
