Primo Levi, Si C'est Un Homme: 40 Questions, 40 Réponses, 4 Études

by Corinna Gepner

Quarante questions pour connaître l'œuvre dans ses grandes lignes et dans ses détails, l'action et les personnages, le contexte culturel et historique - Quarante réponses pour comprendre la signification de l'œuvre, sa portée symbolique, les intentions de l'auteur - Quatre études pour construire une réflexion sur les enjeux majeurs de l'œuvre.

96 pages, Paperback

First published December 6, 2001

Reviews

[Jan · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the first books to be written by an Auschwitz survivor, this narrative is the more powerful because of Levi’s choice to recount his experiences only according to the information that he personally had available at the time, and in an analytical, distanced manner. His stark, drama-free descriptions of the rules, behaviours and conditions prevalent at the camp are chilling. The responses, from 1976, to the “FAQs” of the time, are enlightening, and embued with his vocation to inform the world of this history.

[Becca]

i wouldn't recommend reading this alone in a coffee shop...