Raymond Rosenthal Knihy

An extraordinary work in which each of the 21 chapters takes its title and starting point from one of the elements in the periodic table. Mingling fact and fiction, history and anecdote, Levi uses his training as a chemist and his experiences as a prisoner in Auschwitz to illuminate the human condition.

A collection of 23 stories in which the author creates a strangely familiar universe, transformed by the imagination. The stories include commentary on the human condition and the effect of a technological culture on people's daily lives.