Autobiographical"respite"Primo Levi(1919-1987)paintedso vividlythat in theItalian literatureof the twentiethcentury,it is considerednovel.Alongwith the book"Manis it?"Itisamonstrousexperimentdilogysurvivalin the death camp.Levywrites aboutwhat happenedafter the liberation,includingthe Soviettransit camp, recallsthe absurdsituation inwhich there wereformer prisonersduring thelong journeythrough Belarus,Ukraine, Romania,Hungary, Austriatohis nativeTurin-from the world ofthe dead inthe living world.