The Periodic Table by Primo Levi and 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.

Publisher:	Penguin Books, Limited (UK)
Year:	2000
Binding:	Paperback
ISBN:	9780141185149
Condition:	Fair
Description:	Cover worn, pages tanned, dogeared.

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SKU: 1595369
Location: Biography