num_pages: 144
description: “He is our Dante . . . writing a modern masterpiece about his journey into Hell . . . [that is] unique in the literature of the Holocaust.” — USA TodayA Penguin ClassicPrimo Levi was one of the most astonishing voices to emerge from the twentieth a man who survived one of the ugliest times in history, yet who was able to describe his own Auschwitz experience with an unaffected tenderness.Levi was a master storyteller but he did not write fairytales. These stories are an elegy to the human figures who stood out against the tragic background of Auschwitz, “the ones in whom I had recognized the will and capacity to react, and hence a rudiment of virtue.” Each centers on an individual who—whether it be through a juggling trick, a slice of apple or a letter—discovers one of the “bizarre, marginal moments of reprieve.”For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,800 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
language: English
title: Moments of Reprieve: A Memoir of Auschwitz
titlecomplete: Moments of Reprieve: A Memoir of Auschwitz
genres: Jewish, 20th Century, Short Stories, Biography, Memoir, Italian Literature, War, Nonfiction, History, Holocaust
ratings_count: 1034
awards: awardedAt: 378720000000
name: Premio Grinzane Cavour
category: Narrativa Italiana
publisher: Penguin Classics