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| Title | : | The Drowned and the Saved (Auschwitz Trilogy #3) |
| Author | : | Primo Levi |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 170 pages |
| Published | : | February 1st 1989 by Abacus (first published 1986) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. History. World War II. Holocaust. Autobiography. Memoir |
Primo Levi
Paperback | Pages: 170 pages Rating: 4.41 | 5500 Users | 328 Reviews
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The author tries to understand the rationale behind Auschwitz, Treblinka, Bergen-Belsen. Dismissing stereotyped images of brutal Nazi torturers and helpless victims, Levi draws extensively on his own experiences to delve into the minds and motives of oppressors and oppressed alike. Describing the difficulty and shame of remembering, the limited forms of collaboration between inmates and SS goalers, the exploitation of useless violence and the plight of the intellectual, Levi writes about the issue of power, mercy and guilt, and their effects on the lives of the ordinary people who suffered so incomprehendingly.Present Books Concering The Drowned and the Saved (Auschwitz Trilogy #3)
| Original Title: | I sommersi e i salvati |
| ISBN: | 0349100470 (ISBN13: 9780349100470) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Auschwitz Trilogy #3 |
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Ratings: 4.41 From 5500 Users | 328 ReviewsColumn Epithetical Books The Drowned and the Saved (Auschwitz Trilogy #3)
How in the world do I rate a book like this? I guess its four stars, because I didnt find it to be quite as engaging as Night or Man's Search for Meaning, but it was still an un-put-down-able book. Ill be reading more of Levis work, without a doubt. The voices of these Holocaust survivors become ever more important as attrition takes them from us and their story becomes doubted by some.The Drowned and the Saved is a powerful metaphor for the concentration camp experience. Those who emergedThe third of a sort of Primo Levi Trilogy about Auschwitz and the holocaust, these books are really touching and teach a lot about the way people survived (or died) not only in the camps themselves, but also even after liberation.All sorts of "schemes" existed for those who wanted to stay alive, and the Author has a keen awareness that sometimes not all who survived were the "best" people, but those that somehow managed to find a way to stay alive.An incredible testimony.Maria Carmo,Lisbon, 15
A difficult read, not only due to the subject matter but some of the English, yet an important read. Levi covers some topics from his personal observations on the human condition that he learned from his time in Auschwitz.
Amazon 2008-07-26, impulse purchase upon reading the Wikipedia summary of Primo Levi.Pretty outstanding....Levi's fire burns on every page. This guy is quickly becoming a new favorite, cherished author of mine.
This remarkable little book was so completely wonderful and soul-crushing and fascinating and thoughtful and utterly without pretension and I am in awe of Primo Levi's talent. There doesn't seem to be much of an overarching narrative or thesis to The Drowned and the Saved; rather, it reads more as a series of reflections on survival, on guilt, on culpability, on redemption. It is not sentimental and deals without restraint on uncomfortable topics like Jewish cooperation in the Nazi project, but
This is a really hard book to rate. While the subject is vitally important and Levi's descriptions are unsettling at the least, to me there was a bit of self righteousness in his tone that detracted. He is a survivor of the Auschwitz death camp, and this work deals primarily with the attitudes that were prevalent before, during and after WW II. I did not realize that this was the third of a series when I started it. Not for everyone, nor is it the easiest of reads. Will not likely pursue the
A necessary reading. I read "If this is a Man"a very long time ago and it was a difficult reading. The same with this one, mostly because they are no words that can be added coming from somebody like me who has had an easy life in a time of peace without to have had to proof true courage, disobedience in the face of totalitarian power, dignity in times of adversity. I hope nobody will ever have to live such utter horror amidst indifference, ignorance, submission or enthusiastic adhesion to
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