TY - BOOK AB - In 1943, Primo Levi, a 25-year-old chemist and "Italian citizen of Jewish race," was arrested by Italian fascists and deported from his native Turin to Auschwitz. This is Levi's classic account of his ten months in the German death camp, a harrowing story of systematic cruelty and miraculous endurance. Remarkable for its simplicity, restraint, compassion, and even wit, Survival in Auschwitz remains a lasting testament to the indestructibility of the human spirit. Included in this new edition is an illuminating conversation between Philip Roth and Primo Levi never before published in book form.--From publisher description. AU - Levi, Primo, CN - D805.P7 CN - D805.P7 CY - New York : DA - 1996. ET - 1st Touchstone ed. ID - 334094 KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Prisoners of war KW - Prisoners of war LA - eng N1 - Translation of: Se questo รจ un uomo. N1 - Originally published in English as: If this is a man. N2 - In 1943, Primo Levi, a 25-year-old chemist and "Italian citizen of Jewish race," was arrested by Italian fascists and deported from his native Turin to Auschwitz. This is Levi's classic account of his ten months in the German death camp, a harrowing story of systematic cruelty and miraculous endurance. Remarkable for its simplicity, restraint, compassion, and even wit, Survival in Auschwitz remains a lasting testament to the indestructibility of the human spirit. Included in this new edition is an illuminating conversation between Philip Roth and Primo Levi never before published in book form.--From publisher description. PB - Simon & Schuster, PP - New York : PY - 1996. SN - 9780684826806 (pbk.) SN - 0684826801 (pbk.) T1 - Survival in Auschwitz :the Nazi assault on humanity / TI - Survival in Auschwitz :the Nazi assault on humanity / ER -