Biography & Memoir· Italy
The Periodic Table
by Primo LeviAggregate Editorial Score71/100
★Nobel Prize in Literature
Published 1975238 pagesEnglish
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Published in 1975, The Periodic Table established Primo Levi as one of the defining voices in biography & memoir. Levi structures his memoir around the elements of the periodic table, using each element as a pivot for a story from his life as a chemist, partisan, and Holocaust survivor. Widely considered one of the greatest books of the twentieth century, it is at once a scientific testament, an autobiography, and a meditation on the human capacity for both evil and endurance. Themes of Holocaust, chemistry, survival run through the work. The book has received recognition from Nobel Prize in Literature 1975.
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Nobel Prize in Literature
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