A Centaur in Auschwitz: Reflections on Primo Levi's Thinking

by Massimo Giuliani

In A Centaur in Auschwitz, Massimo Giuliani sheds new light on Primo Levi's rational, demythologizing approach to suffering and survival. Whether working in narrative or poetic form, Levi grappled with the ambiguities and complexities of innocence and guilt, triumph and loss. This unique book, with its concise overview of Levi's expression and development as a writer, reveals Primo Levi for what he was: scientist, intellectual, Jew, and dedicated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739106635
• ISBN13: 9780739106631
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.2"