The Periodic Table
Penguin Modern Classics
Primo Levi
ISBN: | 9780141185149 |
Publisher: | Penguin Classics |
Published: | 7 September, 2000 |
Format: | Paperback |
Language: | English |
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The Periodic Table
Penguin Modern Classics
Primo Levi
In these haunting reflections, Primo Levi, a chemist by training, takes the elements of the periodic table as his inspiration. He ranges from young love to political savagery; from the inert gas argon - and 'inert' relatives like the uncle who stayed in bed for twenty-two years - to life-giving car bon. 'Iron' honours the mountain-climbing resistance hero who put iron in Levi's student soul, 'Cerium' recalls the improvised cigarette lighters which saved his life in Auschwitz, while 'Vanadium' describes an eerie post-war correspondence with the man who had been his 'boss' there.
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