'The harshest, most in-depth account of the Nazi experience, the most uncompromising and courageous' -- Goliarda Sapienza

'A remarkable and highly unusual contribution to the literature of the Nazi concentration camps... A searing moral journey towards conscience... written with verve and a deep lucidity' -- Robert S. C. Gordon, author of The Holocaust in Italian Culture

'Raises vital questions about the paralysing effects of the belief systems people hold and how hard it can be to break free of them... could hardly be more relevant' -- Financial Times

'A powerful autobiography about a young woman's search for the truth and how she came to terms with it'-- Cub Magazine

'At its heart is the narrator's rebellion against her bourgeois upbringing and her struggle to live an authentic life according to her own rules' --New Internationalist Magazine

'Strange and compelling' -- Lucy Hughes-Hallett, Guardian

'A book that wholly merits publication...it's rare to find an account of the camps that's so feisty and eccentric' --Telegraph

'A disturbing, and yet brilliantly ambiguous exploration of humanity's darkest time' -- Booklist

'Luce D'Eramo's extraordinary novel Deviation, a bestseller in Italy when published in 1979 but only now available in English... is, as its title may imply, a rejection of the idea that literary form can be neatly separated from psychic and political life' --Harper's Magazine

Luce d'Eramo (1925-2001) was born to Italian parents in Reims, France. Eventually settling in Rome, she earned degrees in Literature and Philosophy and wrote many works of fiction and non-fiction, including the novels Nucleo Zero and Partiranno. Deviation was first published in Italy in 1979 and became an international bestseller.