Primo Levi. A biography: The Elements of a Life - Brossura

Thomson, I.

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ISBN 10: 0099515210 ISBN 13: 9780099515210

Casa editrice: Random UK, 2003

Riassunto

On 11 April 1987 the Italian writer Primo Levi fell to his death in the house where he was born. More than forty years after his rescue from a Nazi concentration camp, it now seemed that Levi had committed suicide. Levi's account of Auschwitz, If This Is a Man, is recognised as one of the essential books of mankind. No other work interrogates our recent moral history so incisively or conveys more profoundly the horror of the Nazi genocide. Ian Thomson spent over ten years in Italy and elsewhere researching and writing this rich and definitive biography. New light is shed on Levi's recurring depressions and vital information is unearthed regarding the writer's premature death. This matchless book unravels the strands of a life caught between the factory and the typewriter, family and friends.

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Recensione:

“One of the best literary biographies of the year...superb...Levi, I think, would have appreciated it.” -- Observer

L'autore:

Born in 1961, Ian Thomson was among the last to interview Primo Levi. He is an expert on Italian literature and has translated the Sicilian writer Leonardo Sciascia into English. His account on Haiti, Bonjour Blanc, was highly praised by reviewers, including J. G. Ballard and Norman Stone. Thomson, who has also written a book on southern Italy, is a freelance writer and journalist living in London with his wife and children.

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• Editore: Random UK
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0099515210
• ISBN 13: 9780099515210
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 656