A review by ssherm
If This Is a Man • The Truce by Primo Levi

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.75

The distance he was able to achieve- the ability to view his life through an unbiased lens- is the biggest strength and weakness of this book. Strength in that it produces the clearest and most comprehensive account of Auschwitz-Buna camp operation, daily life, and subsequent liberation and repatriation i’ve read- and weakness in that it distances the reader from the narrator. Levi’s prose is amazing and exacting (and the translation is phenomenal), and his observations of people he meets are fascinating and so in-depth. No one can review this man’s experiences and trauma- my rating is simply my personal reading experience.