ThetrueandharrowingaccountofPrimoLevi’sexperienceattheGermanconcentrationcampofAuschwitzandhismiraculoussurvival;hailedbyTheTimesLiterarySupplementasa“trueworkofart,thiseditionincludesanexclusiveconversationbetweentheauthorandPhilipRoth.In1943,PrimoLevi,atwenty-five-year-oldchemistand“ItaliancitizenofJewishrace,“wasarrestedbyItalianfascistsanddeportedfromhisnativeTurintoAuschwitz.SurvivalinAuschwitzisLevi’sclassicaccountofhistenmonthsintheGermandeathcamp,aharrowingstoryofsystematiccrueltyandmiraculousendurance.Remarkableforitssimplicity,restraint,compassion,andevenwit,SurvivalinAuschwitzremainsalastingtestamenttotheindestructibilityofthehumanspirit.IncludedinthisneweditionisanilluminatingconversationbetweenPhilipRothandPrimoLevineverbeforepublishedinbookform.
