“Since it is difficult to distinguish true prophets from false, it is…” — If This Is a Man 📚 log(book)

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Since it is difficult to distinguish true prophets from false, it is as well to regard all prophets with suspicion.

Cover of If This Is a Man.

If This Is a Man

by Primo Levi · published 1947 · read 2020-04-15

★★★★☆

For once, I have nothing to say. This first-hand account of one year spent in Auschwitz is very calm, deliberately matter-of-fact, and inevitably painful to read.