The Periodic Table
Author: Levi, Primo
ISBN: 9780141399447
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 28 Jun 2010
Pages: 194
Format: Paperback / softback
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; 'Iron' honours the mountain-climbing resistance hero who put iron in Levi's student soul, while 'Cerium' recalls the improvised cigarette lighters which saved his life in Auschwitz.
ISBN: 9780141399447
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 28 Jun 2010
Pages: 194
Format: Paperback / softback
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; 'Iron' honours the mountain-climbing resistance hero who put iron in Levi's student soul, while 'Cerium' recalls the improvised cigarette lighters which saved his life in Auschwitz.
