{"product_id":"2026100008771-secondhand-if-this-is-a-man","title":"If This Is A Man","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Very good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Slipcase: Good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the most harrowing and morally urgent testimonies to emerge from the twentieth century, If This is a Man chronicles Italian Jewish chemist Primo Levi's survival in Auschwitz following his capture by Fascist militia in 1943. With unflinching precision and a scientist's dispassionate eye, Levi details the systematic dehumanisation of prisoners within the Nazi concentration camp — the brutal labour, the starvation, the erasure of identity — constructing an account that is as much a philosophical inquiry into the nature of humanity as it is a memoir of survival.\n\nWhat distinguishes Levi's masterwork from other Holocaust literature is the quiet, almost luminous clarity of his prose; he does not rage, but instead observes, bearing witness with a restraint that renders the horror all the more devastating. Translated here by Stuart Woolf, with an introduction by Frederic Raphael and etchings by Jane Joseph, this Folio Society edition presents a text that stands as one of the defining documents of the modern era. The question Levi poses in his very title — what does it mean to be a man — reverberates long after the final page, demanding an answer the reader must find within themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49342761402587,"sku":"2026100008771-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/28041328-d3cc-4fa5-94c9-8a25f5c6852f.png?v=1790048700","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100008771-secondhand-if-this-is-a-man","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}