Primo Levi

An extraordinary work in which each of the 21 chapters takes its title and starting point from one of the elements in the periodic table. Mingling fact and fiction, history and anecdote, Levi uses his training as a chemist and his experiences as a prisoner in Auschwitz to illuminate the human condition. "From the Hardcover edition.

The Periodic Table

Eleonora Casella

Le 3 stelle sono dovute al fatto che lo stile di Primo Levi mi piace molto, è semplice, ma affatto banale, e perché trovo che l'ultimo capitolo, Carbonio, sia un capolavoro che cattura occhi e cuore. 
Però devo ammettere che l'inizio è stato devastante, ho trovato Argon estremamente noioso, poi meglio, fino ad arrivare a Cromo che ho saltato, altrimenti il libro sarebbe ancora nei currently-reading.
Tutto sommato ha carattere, ma la storia di per sé non mi ha entusiasmata.

Conor Smith

Crystal L

David McDonagh

Gavin

Clare B

Cal Desmond‐Pearson

Matthew Jackson

Lewis Martin

Sabine Delorme

ChiaraB

Joshua Line

Raymond Rosenthal

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.

Amro Gebreel

Rachel Prudden

Damian Bannon

Ian Mason

The Periodic Table

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