The Periodic Table

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Mingling fact and fiction, science and perso nal record, history and anecdote, Levi uses his training as an industrial chemist and the terrible years he spent as a p risoner in Auschwitz to illuminate the human condition in a unique autobiography. '

"I immersed myself in "The Periodic Table" gladly and gratefully. There is nothing superfluous here, everything this book contains is essential. It is wonderful pure, and beautifully translated...I was deeply impressed." -Saul Bellow "The best introduction to the psychological world of one of the most important and gifted writers of our time."-Italo Calvino "A work of healing, of tranquil, even buoyant imagination." -"The New York Times Book Review" "Brilliant, grave and oddly sunny; certainly a masterpiece." -"Los Angeles Times" "Every chapter is full of surprises, insights, high humor, and language that often rises to poetry." -"The New Yorker" "One of the most important Italian writers." -Umberto Eco With a new Introduction by Neal Ascherson "I immersed myself in "The Periodic Table gladly and gratefully. There is nothing superfluous here, everything this book contains is essential. It is wonderful pure, and beautifully translated...I was deeply impressed." -Saul Bellow "The best introduction to the psychological world of one of the most important and gifted writers of our time."-Italo Calvino "A work of healing, of tranquil, even buoyant imagination." -"The New York Times Book Review "Brilliant, grave and oddly sunny; certainly a masterpiece." -"Los Angeles Times "Every chapter is full of surprises, insights, high humor, and language that often rises to poetry." -"The New Yorker "One of the most important Italian writers." -Umberto Eco With a new Introduction by Neal Ascherson