The Drowned and the Saved
The Drowned and the Saved is a book written by Primo Levi. The book was published in 1989 and is listed under the Auschwitz (Poland : Concentration camp) category. For readers who want to quickly understand what this title offers, this page gives a clear overview of the book, including its description, author information, page count, ratings, and ISBN details.
The full title of the book is The Drowned and the Saved. When available, the subtitle is , which gives extra context about the theme, focus, or main idea behind the book. According to the available description, Shortly after completing THE DROWNED AND THE SAVED, Primo Levi committed suicide. The matter of his death was sudden, violent and unpremiditated, and there were some who argue that he killed himself because he was tormented by guilt – guilt that he had survived the horrors of Auschwitz while others, better than he, had gone to the wall. THE DROWNED AND THE SAVED is Levi’s impassioned attempt to understand the ‘rationale’ behind the concentration camps, was completed shortly before his tragic death in 1987. THE DROWNED AND THE SAVED dispels the myth that Primo Levi forgave the Germans for what they did to his people. He didn’t and couldn’t forgive. He refused, however, to indulge in what he called ‘the bestial vice of hatred’ which is an entirely different matter. The voice that sounds in his writing is that of a reasonable man…it warns and reminds us that the unimaginable can happen again. A would-be tyrant is waiting in the wings, with ‘beautiful words’ on his lips. The book is constantly impressing on us the need to learn from the past, to make sense of the senseless’ PAUL BAILEY
This book has 170 pages, making it useful for readers who want to know the approximate length before starting. It has an average rating of 4.39, based on 3319 ratings, which can help readers understand how other people have responded to it.
For cataloging and reference purposes, the ISBN-13 is 9780349100470, while the ISBN-10 is 0349100470. These numbers are helpful when searching for the exact edition of the book online, in libraries, or in bookstores.
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