A collection of short stories named after the periodic table in Chemistry, chemist Primo Levi’s The Periodic Table is an elegantly interlace collection of the author’s experiences in Italy and later in Auschwitz, published in the year 1975. The book offers a combination of fiction, non-fiction, allegory and reality, from young love to political savagery. In your opinion, what do you think the reflection of these experiences are inspired by?
As one of the century’s most compelling voices, the collection of short stories reveals Levi’s sense of distinctiveness and the revolving factors, science, writing and survival. Levi survived the Holocaust and imprisonment in Auschwitz, in which he shares unfailingly beautiful story of his encounters, recounting the clear inception of World War II. How did he survive the World War II? What did he encounter along the way?
Did having to resist in the face of tyranny changed him? Join Levi in The Periodic Table as he brings you on an adventurous ride through history, his experiences of love and friendship, his journey in search for meaning and his capability of resisting and enduring the obstacles that came along the way.