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The Periodic Table

Primo Levi,

Raymond Rosenthal (Translator)

Start date: January 1, 2018

Finish date: January 31, 2018

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May 23, 2012 aPriL does feral sometimes rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: literary, memoir

Through periodic memories, chapter by chapter, each titled by a periodic table element, we read of memories that tell of being a Jew in Italy before, during and after WWII. He worried about passing his exams, he thrilled at having the title Doctor, he wanted a wife, he survived the camps, he worried about earning enough to eat. Through it all, some philosophical insights produced by chemistry sustain him as much as actual lab work of producing chemical reactions. This is a beautifully written wo ...more

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Jul 03, 2012 GONZA rated it liked it · review of another edition

Ci sono alcune di queste storie, suddivise per elementi chimici, che mi sono piaciute molto, specialmente quelle che vanno dal 1941 al 1944, altre invece mi sono sembrate parecchio prolisse e, per me, meno interessanti. Comunque da quello che scrive, da come lo scrive e dall'intervista di Roth, che é stata aggiunta in calce al libro, il personaggio Levi é veramente un uomo indimenticabile. ...more

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