The Periodic Table

图书标准信息

• 作者 Primo Levi 著；Raymond Rosenthal 译
• 出版社 Penguin
• 出版时间 2000-09
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780141185149
• 定价 118.50元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 224页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Achemistbytraining,PrimoLevibecameoneofthesupremewitnessestotwentieth-centuryatrocity.Inthesehauntingreflectionsinspiredbytheelementsoftheperiodictable,herangesfromyounglovetopoliticalsavagery;fromtheinertgasargon-and'inert'relativesliketheunclewhostayedinbedfortwenty-twoyears-tolife-givingcarbon.'Iron'honoursthemountain-climbingresistanceherowhoputironinLevi'sstudentsoul,'Cerium'recallstheimprovisedcigarettelighterswhichsavedhislifeinAuschwitz,while'Vanadium'describesaneeriepost-warcorrespondencewiththemanwhohadbeenhis'boss'there.Allarewrittenwithcharacteristicallyunderstatedeloquenceandshotthroughwithdeephumanity.

【作者简介】

PrimoLevi(1919-1987),anItalianJew,didnotcometothewideattentionoftheEnglish-readingaudienceuntilthelastyearsofhislife.AsurvivoroftheHolocaustandimprisonmentinAuschwitz,Leviisconsideredtobeoneofthecentury'smostcompellingvoices,andTHEPERIODICTABLEishismostfamousbook.LeviisalsotheauthoroftheforthcomingModernClassics:MOMENTSOFREPRIEVEandIFNOTNOW,WHEN?