Drawing on twenty years of research, this is the definitive
biography of Primo Levi. Over the last seventy years, Primo Levi
(1919–87) has been recognized as the foremost literary witness of
the extermination of the European Jews. In Primo Levi: An
Identikit, a product of twenty years of research, Marco Belpoliti
explores Levi’s tormented life, his trajectory as a writer and
intellectual, and, above all, his multifaceted and complex oeuvre.
 Organized in a mosaic format, this volume devotes a
different chapter to each of Levi’s books. In addition to tracing
the history of each book’s composition, publication, and literary
influences, Belpoliti explores their contents across the many
worlds of Primo Levi: from chemistry to anthropology, biology to
ethology, space flights to linguistics. If This Is a Man, his
initially rejected masterpiece, is also reread with a fresh
perspective. We learn of dreams, animals, and travel; of literary
writing, comedy, and tragedy; of shame, memory, and the
relationship with other writers such as Franz Kafka and Georges
Perec, Jean Améry and Varlam Shalamov. Fundamental themes such as
Judaism, the camp, and testimony innervate the book, which is
complemented by photographs and letters found by the author in
hitherto unexplored archives. Â This will be the definitive
book on Primo Levi, a treasure trove of stories and reflections
that paint a rich, nuanced composite portrait of one of the
twentieth century’s most unique and urgent voices.
General
Imprint: |
Seagull Books London Ltd
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
May 2023 |
First published: |
2022 |
Authors: |
Marco Belpoliti
• Clarissa Botsford
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Dimensions: |
9 x 6 x 1mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
656 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-80309-190-7 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-80309-190-8 |
Barcode: |
9781803091907 |
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