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"The Truce," the sequel to "If This Is a Man," is considered by many to be Levi's masterpiece: a diary of the journey towards freedom after internment in the Nazi Lager. More than a simple biographical re-enactment, this book is an extraordinary picaresque novel. The eventful and poignant adventure through the ruins of liberated Europe—from Auschwitz through Russia, Romania, Hungary, Austria, to Turin—unfolds in a tortuous itinerary, punctuated by encounters with people belonging to unknown civilizations and victims of the same war. The epic of a humanity rediscovered after the extreme limit of horror and misery.