{"product_id":"the-periodic-table-isbn-9780805210415","title":"The Periodic Table","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this literary masterpiece, one of the twentieth century’s most significant writers reflects on his life before and after the Holocaust, merging the scientific and the humane into a profound “work of healing” (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) • Fiftieth anniversary edition, with a new introduction by Rivka Galchen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a youth, Primo Levi became fascinated by the laboratory, a site where the mysteries of the material world are unlocked and substances reveal their deepest truths. In this graceful, vital book—originally published in Italian in 1975—his passion for chemistry spans his extraordinary life story, with each chapter’s theme anchored in a different element of the periodic table. Beginning with his childhood in Italy’s Piedmontese Jewish community, Levi narrates his years as a student and fledgling scientist, before the descent of World War II, when he fought as an anti-fascist partisan until his arrest and transportation to Auschwitz. After surviving captivity, he returned to his work as a chemist and as a writer, striving in both realms to transmute matter into meaning. An artistic masterpiece of the highest order, \u003ci\u003eThe Periodic Table\u003c\/i\u003e champions the power of friendship and curiosity to transcend times of tyranny and testifies to the fundamental interconnectedness of all the stuff of the universe—including us.“I immersed myself in \u003ci\u003eThe Periodic Table\u003c\/i\u003e gladly and gratefully.  There is nothing  superfluous here, everything this book contains is essential. It is wonderful pure,  and beautifully translated…I was deeply impressed.” –Saul Bellow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “The best introduction  to the psychological world of one of the most important and gifted writers of our  time.”–Italo Calvino\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A work of healing, of tranquil, even buoyant imagination.”  –\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Brilliant, grave and oddly sunny; certainly a  masterpiece.” –\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Every chapter is full of surprises, insights,  high humor, and language that often rises to poetry.” –\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “One of the  most important Italian writers.” –Umberto Eco\u003cb\u003ePRIMO LEVI\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Turin in 1919 to an Italian-Jewish family. Arrested as a member of the anti-Fascist resistance, he was deported to Auschwitz in 1944. After the war, Levi resumed his careers as a chemist and a writer in Turin until his untimely death in 1987. During his writing career, Levi won every distinguished prize in his native Italy. \u003ci\u003eThe Periodic Table, \u003c\/i\u003ethe first of his books to appear in America, was selected as one of the Best Books of 1985 by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Schocken","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300351529189,"sku":"NP9780805210415","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780805210415.jpg?v=1767740937","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-periodic-table-isbn-9780805210415","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}