The Periodic Table by Primo Levi

The Periodic Table

Primo Levi with Raymond Rosenthal (Translator), Raymond Rosenthal (Translator)

240 pages first pub 1975 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science challenging reflective slow-paced
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The Periodic Table is largely a memoir of the years before and after Primo Levi's transportation from his native Italy to Auschwitz as an anti-Facist partisan and a Jew. It recounts, in clear, precise, unfailingly beautiful prose, the story of the...

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Moods

reflective 87%
informative 61%
emotional 44%
inspiring 38%
challenging 31%
sad 30%
dark 18%
hopeful 18%
funny 16%
tense 9%
adventurous 8%
relaxing 5%
lighthearted 3%
mysterious 2%

Pace

medium 51%
slow 37%
fast 10%

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