The Reawakening (La Tregua): A Liberated Prisoner's Long March Home Through East Europe.

Boston: Little, Brown, 1965. 1st American ed. 222 pages map 21 cm. Fine in mildly spine-sunned and edge-worn jacket. Dust jacket housed in archival mylar. Hardcover.

Translation of: La tregua. World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Italian Personal narratives. Personal narratives -- Italian. Personal narratives. Récits personnels. Time: 1939 - 1945 ¶ 

"Primo Levi (1919–1987) was an Italian Jewish chemist, writer, and Holocaust survivor. He is best known for his memoirs, "If This Is a Man" (published in the United States as "Survival in Auschwitz") and "The Truce" (published in the U.S. as "The Reawakening"), which recount his experiences during World War II.

Levi was arrested as a member of the anti-Fascist resistance, and in 1944 he was deported to Auschwitz, a Nazi concentration camp. His experiences there formed the basis for his two memoirs, which are considered among the most powerful and insightful accounts of the Holocaust.

After the war, Levi returned to his career as a chemist, but he continued to write. His other works include "The Periodic Table," a collection of short stories that each center on a different chemical element, and "The Drowned and the Saved," a philosophical meditation on the Holocaust.

Levi's writing is noted for its clarity, precision, and lack of sentimentality. He sought to bear witness to the horrors of the Holocaust and to explore the human capacity for both good and evil. His work has had a profound influence on Holocaust literature and on the broader field of human rights literature."