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Rkins_UK_xf t1_j1zm7m6 wrote

I picked Primo Levi’s ‘The Periodic Table’ for my book group. I think his writing style is so brilliantly gentle. It feels to me like he is holding your hand safe, so that you can bear witness to the horror, but that he won’t let you tip over the edge.

My choice was not popular.

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Fearless-Currency-65 t1_j20v3hg wrote

This or Man's Search For Meaning are great shouts.

Edit: aha, it WASN'T popular, guess I think too much of the average book club participant

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Rkins_UK_xf t1_j216r9p wrote

I was deeply disappointed in my friends. I still love them though.

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Fearless-Currency-65 t1_j217bvt wrote

Ah I mean, I guess you've got to know your audience, eh. I learned my lesson after pushing the wrong books on the wrong people for years - and of having the same done to me, too.

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