Survival In Auschwitz

The true and harrowing account of Primo Levi's experience at the German concentration camp of Auschwitz and his miraculous survival; hailed by <i>The Times Literary Supplement</i> as a &quot;true work of art, this edition includes an exclusive conversation between the author and Philip Roth.<br><br>In 1943, Primo Levi, a twenty-five-year-old chemist and &quot;Italian citizen of Jewish race,&quot; was arrested by Italian fascists and deported from his native Turin to Auschwitz. <i>Survival in Auschwitz</i> is Levi's classic account of his ten months in the German death camp, a harrowing story of systematic cruelty and miraculous endurance. Remarkable for its simplicity, restraint, compassion, and even wit, <i>Survival in Auschwitz</i> remains a lasting testament to the indestructibility of the human spirit. Included in this new edition is an illuminating conversation between Philip Roth and Primo Levi never before published in book form.