Research Catalog

Title

Moments of reprieve / Primo Levi ; translated from the Italian by Ruth Feldman.

Author

Levi, Primo, 1919-1987

Publication

• New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2017.
• ©1986

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Details

Additional Authors

Feldman, Ruth

Description

xi, 141 pages : illustration; 22 cm

Summary

"In this collection of essays based on his time as a Jewish prisoner in the Nazi camps, Primo Levi creates a series of sketches of the people he met who retained their humanity even in the most inhumane circumstances. Having already written two memoirs of his survival at Auschwitz, Levi knew there was still more left untold. Collected in this book are stray vignettes of fifteen individuals Levi met during his imprisonment. Whether it was the young Romani man who smuggled a creased photo of his bride past the camp guards or the starving prisoner who still insisted on fasting on Yom Kippur, the memory of these individuals stayed with Levi for long after. They represent for him "bizarre, marginal moments of reprieve." Neither simple heroes nor victims, but people who never lost sight of their humanity in the face of unimaginable suffering. Written with the author's signature humility and intelligence, Moments of Reprieve shines with lyricism and insight. Nearly forty years after their publication, Levi's words remain as beautiful as they are necessary. Along with Elie Wiesel and Hannah Arendt, Primo Levi is remembered as one of the most powerful and perceptive writers on the Holocaust and the Jewish experience during World War II. This is an essential book both for students and literary readers. Reading Primo Levi is a lesson in the resiliency of the human spirit."--Publisher's website.

Uniform Title

Lilít e altri racconti. Selections. English.

Alternative Title

Lilít e altri racconti.

Subject

• Levi, Primo, 1919-1987 > Imprisonment
• Levi, Primo, 1919-1987
• Levi, Primo, 1919-1987
• Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
• 1900-1999
• Jewish authors > Italy
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Personal narratives
• World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, Italian
• World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, German
• Authors, Italian > 20th century > Biography
• Prisoners of war > Italy > Biography
• Prisoners of war > Poland > Biography

Genre/Form

• Biographies
• Personal narratives – Italian
• Italian fiction

Note

• Originally published: Summit Books, 1986.
• "Most of the stories have been previously published in Italian in Lilit e altri racconti."--Title page verso.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Rappoport's testament -- The juggler -- Lilith -- A disciple -- Our seal -- The gypsy -- The cantor and the barracks chief -- Last Christmas of the war -- The quiet city -- Small causes -- The story of Avrom -- Tired of imposture -- Cesare's last adventure -- Lorenzo's return -- Story of a coin.

ISBN

• 9781501167652
• 1501167650

OCLC

962005695

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library