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The Drowned and the Saved (1986) is a book of essays on life in the Nazi Vernichtungslager (extermination camps) by Italian-Jewish author and Holocaust survivor Primo Levi, drawing on his personal experience as an inmate of Auschwitz. Whereas If Read More..

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Description	The Drowned and the Saved (1986) is a book of essays on life in the Nazi Vernichtungslager (extermination camps) by Italian-Jewish author and Holocaust survivor Primo Levi, drawing on his personal experience as an inmate of Auschwitz. Whereas If This Is a Man (1947) was autobiographical The Drowned and the Saved is an attempt at an analytical approach. The problem of the fallibility of memory, the techniques used by the Nazis to break the will of prisoners, the use of language in the camps and the nature of violence are all studied.
Description	The Drowned and the Saved (1986) is a book of essays on life in the Nazi Vernichtungslager (extermination camps) by Italian-Jewish author and Holocaust survivor Primo Levi, drawing on his personal experience as an inmate of Auschwitz. Whereas If This Is a Man (1947) was autobiographical The Drowned and the Saved is an attempt at an analytical approach. The problem of the fallibility of memory, the techniques used by the Nazis to break the will of prisoners, the use of language in the camps and the nature of violence are all studied.

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Name	The Drowned and The Saved
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Authors	Primo Levi
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Translator	Raymond Rosenthal
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Language	Italian
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Country	Italy
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Pages	170
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Media_type	Print (Hardcover) and (Paperback)
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Isbn	0-349-10047-0
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Oclc	59150087
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Publisher	Einaudi (Italian)Summit Books (English)
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