Product Details
ISBN: 9780141183909
Category: Second World War Fiction
Format: Paperback
Publication Date: 2000-09-07
Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Pages: 352
Pagination: 352 pages
Dimensions (mm): 198x129x15mm
Weight: 245g
If Not Now, When?
Primo Levi was among the greatest witnesses to twentieth-century atrocity. In this gripping novel, based on a true story, he reveals the extraordinary lives of the Russian, Polish and Jewish partisans trapped behind enemy lines during the Second World War. Wracked by fear, hunger and fierce rivalries, they link up, fall apart, struggle to stay alive and to sabotage the efforts of the all-powerful German army. A compelling tale of action, resistance and epic adventure, it also reveals Levi's characteristic compassion and deep insight into the moral dilemmas of total war. It ranks alongside The Period Table and If This is a Man as one of the rare authentic masterpieces of our times.