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The Drowned and the Saved
 

The Drowned and the Saved (Vintage International)

by Primo Levi

Levi wrote of the moral collapse that occurred in Auschwitz and the fallibility of human memory that allows such atrocities to recur. Levi's last book published before his death in 1987. (read review)

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“Testament de Primo Lévi, cet essai tente de mieux montrer la fragilité de l'homme à travers l'expérience de vie insensée des camps de concentration.
Ce livre n'est pas facile à lire, mais beaucoup disent qu'il est essentiel.”

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