Primo Levi was among the greatest witnesses to twentieth-century atrocity. In this gripping novel, based on a true story, he reveals the extraordinary lives of the Russian, Polish and Jewish partisans trapped behind enemy lines during the Second World War. Wracked by fear, hunger and fierce rivalries, they link up, fall apart, struggle to stay alive and to sabotage the efforts of the all-powerful German army. A compelling tale of action, resistance and epic adventure, it also reveals Levi's characteristic compassion and ...
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Primo Levi was among the greatest witnesses to twentieth-century atrocity. In this gripping novel, based on a true story, he reveals the extraordinary lives of the Russian, Polish and Jewish partisans trapped behind enemy lines during the Second World War. Wracked by fear, hunger and fierce rivalries, they link up, fall apart, struggle to stay alive and to sabotage the efforts of the all-powerful German army. A compelling tale of action, resistance and epic adventure, it also reveals Levi's characteristic compassion and deep insight into the moral dilemmas of total war. It ranks alongside THE PERIOD TABLE and IF THIS IS A MAN as one of the rare authentic masterpieces of our times.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 8x5x1; Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Price clipped dj lightly worn around edges with light soiling & small creases. Dust jacket in a mylar cover.
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Good in Fair jacket. 349p. English translation by William Weaver. Complete printing line. Jacket shows some light waterstaining along the bottom edge and a small tear in the top edge. Flaps are creased. Gray paper over boards with red cloth spine. Small pinkish water staining at lower edge of rear board. Top edges are well faded. Pages are clean and bright. Sound binding. First American Edition. Jacket Condition: Fair. Size: 8vo. Year: 1985.
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Fine in fine jacket. Translated by William Weaver. Introduction by Irving Howe. 8vo, cloth backed boards, d.w. New York: Summit Books, (1985). First Edition. Fine.
