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by Primo Levi

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How it is called in English ? I read it in Hebrew

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Is this book made up of excerpts from his other books? I just finished Survival in Auschwitz and one reviewer used quotes from it...

Neva No. It quotes some of them briefly in order to link some concepts and show some developments, but "The Drowned and the Saved" is a book on its own, on…moreNo. It quotes some of them briefly in order to link some concepts and show some developments, but "The Drowned and the Saved" is a book on its own, one of Levi's best, and maybe his most mature. Highly recommended.(less)

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what are the characteristics of the drowned people?

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