In 1943, Primo Levi, a twenty-five-year-old chemist and "Italian citizen
of Jewish race, " was arrested by Italian fascists and deported from his
native Turin to Auschwitz. "Survival in Auschwitz" is Levi's classic
account of his ten months in the German death camp, a harrowing story of
systematic cruelty and miraculous endurance. Remarkable for its
simplicity, restraint, compassion, and even wit, "Survival in Auschwitz"
remains a lasting testament to the indestructibility of the human
spirit. Included in this new edition is an illuminating conversation
between Philip Roth and Primo Levi never before published in book form.