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The drowned world characters from litcharts the creators of. The manner of his death was sudden, violent and unpremeditated, and there are some who argue that he kiled himself because he was. The first edition of the novel was published in 1986, and was written by primo levi. Cold for all the summer beyond the panes, for all the tropical heat of the room itself, a harsh thin light glared through the windows, hungrily seeking some draped. Readers will be pulled under by, and blissfully drown in, this harrowing tale of the rising tides and the possible end of the world.
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