If This Is A Man, by Primo Levi

[Misaela]

I read this book when I was about 15 or so. I had never read about the Holocaust from someone who experienced it firsthand, and it moved me. After finishing it, I became fascinated with the subject, and have ever since looked for more books and information about it. It is crude and very real. Just like it has to be.

[Fran]

OMG this book has been on my bedside locker for so long & I haven't got around to reading it yet. I've come across it being referenced in so many books and reviews - I really must bump it up the pile. I find that book I have purchased keep loosing their place in the TBR pile to books I have to return in a reasonable time to either the library or to a friend.
So many books, so little time.

[Misaela]

I've learnt that I have to make a list, or else every book I own will eventually get bumped forever!

[d3i6amo7nds]

I too read this book many years ago and found it profoundly moving, as is The Truce.
I was very saddened by Levi's apparent suicide in 1987, after all that he had endured I found it difficult to believe that it should end this way.I guess those memories would have haunted him for ever.
A great book, well worth the read.

[johnjwinters]

Glad to see Primo Levi mentioned. I just bought three of his books and they're on the shelf waiting to be read. Hopefully over the holidays.