Primo Levi: A Life

by Ian Thomson

Book Overview

Primo Levi, author of Survival in Auschwitz and The Periodic Table , wrote books that have been called the essential works of humankind. Yet he lived an unremarkable existence, remaining until his death in the house in which he'd been born; managing a paint and varnish factory for thirty years; and tending his invalid mother to the last. Now, in a matchless account, Ian Thomson unravels the strands of a life as improbable as it was influential, the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805073434
• ISBN13: 9780805073430
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Metropolitan Books
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.3" x 9.7"

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A really wonderful biography on a complex man. Kudos to the author. I'm impressed.

An exquisitely detailed look at a fascinating man

A highly enjoyable book. Thomson paints an extremely detailed picture but does not attempt to create a mythic figure out of Levi. He is presented in 3 dimensions with all his strengths and weaknesses. Extremely rich look at the assimilated Jewish community of Turin suddenly being cast as the enemy of the Fascist state. Highly recommended.