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This is a biography of Primo Levi, the noted Italian philosopher, writer and scientist. The book examines the man within his life in Turin, before, during and after World War II and the particular place of the Jew in Italy. It looks at Primo Levi as a European as well as a notable survivor of Auschwitz and at the influence he had on people all over the world. What kind of man was this private, modest author, whose books made of him an icon of human dignity and justice? Did Auschwitz make him a writer at 27 and kill him at 67, or is the truth more complicated than that?
, Award winning C Angier author of Jean Rhys LIfe and Work etc [ 1991 Writer’s Guild Award Non-Fiction ] she is the Royal Literary Fund Assoc Fellow at Warwick University .Ackns; Preface , Intro , 15 chpts set in 3 parts , Paradise lost / Milan 1942 and 1947 onwards – the biography of Primo Levi one of the clearest and hopeful writers we have , starting with his great Auschwitz meditation he moved always from darkness to light – from suffering to understanding but beneath his rational surface was a different world hid from the world and himself – occasional flashes in his writings and poetry – the heroic heart of a tragic man. now in clear easily Removable proprietary protective cove
Book: Hardcover, with 998 clean fresh and crisp pages, internally great tight binding, pages free from inscriptions, dust wrapper fine too, in a protective cellophane cover for extra protection, illustrated b/w – 2 pages lists photographic plates. This copy could pass for Like New, see OUR OWN photograph for quality control
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