Other People's Trades - Brossura

Levi, Primo

Brossura

ISBN 10: 034910185X ISBN 13: 9780349101859

Casa editrice: Abacus, 1999

Riassunto

OTHER PEOPLE'S TRADES contains 43 essays originally written for newspaper publication. They are, in the author's words, 'the fruit of my roaming about as a curious dilettante for more than a decade ... invasions of the field, incursions into other people's hunting preserves, forays into the boundless territories of zoology, astronomy and linguistics'
'There is no contest. The noblest book of the year' Anita Brookner, SPECTATOR
'Read an essay or two every few days; it'll be like meeting him in a Turin cafe, hearing him talk of wonderful, funny and horrible things in his gentle, dry voce, with all the virtues of his chemist's training - 'humility, patience and method', a wonderful nose and eye, and a steady hand' NEW STATESMAN & SOCIETY
'Everything Primo Levi has ever written is well worth reading, and this collection is no exception' THE TIMES
'There is no contest. The noblest book of the year' SPECTATOR

Su questo libro

Recensione:

One of the most interesting books I have ever read - by a great and good writer (OBSERVER)

There is no contest. The noblest book of the year (Anita Brookner, SPECTATOR)

There is nothing heavy or preachy about these delightful essays, but taken together they add up to a memorable portrait of what a human being is or ought to be (SUNDAY TELEGRAPH)

A book to return to in the anticipation of pleasure of a bracing intellectual kind (TLS)

Descrizione del libro:

An auto-biographical collection of essays exploring some of the subjects that fascinated Levi, from long lost summers with imaginary creatures to returning to school at sixty.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Abacus
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 034910185X
• ISBN 13: 9780349101859
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 224