Primo Levi : the matter of a life
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Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013].
Format
Book
ISBN
9780300137231 (hbk. : alk. paper), 0300137230 (hbk. : alk. paper)
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173 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013].
Language
English
ISBN
9780300137231 (hbk. : alk. paper), 0300137230 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
In 1943, twenty-four-year-old Primo Levi had just begun a career in chemistry when, after joining a partisan group, he was captured by the Italian Fascist Militia and deported to Auschwitz. Of the 650 Italian Jews in his transport, he was one of only 24 who survived the eleven months before the camp's liberation. Upon returning to his native Turin, Levi resumed work as a chemist and was employed for thirty years by a company specialising in paints and other chemical coatings. Yet soon after his return to Turin, he also began writing and it is for this work that he has won international recognition. His first book, þIf This Is a Manþ, issued in 1947 after great difficulty in finding a publisher, remains a landmark document of the 20th century. Berel Lang's groundbreaking biography shines new light on Levi's role as a major intellectual and literary figure - an important Holocaust writer and witness but also an innovative moral thinker in whom his two roles as chemist and writer converged, providing the "matter" of his life.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Morris County Library - Adult Nonfiction | 193 LEV LAN | Available |
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Lang, B. (2013). Primo Levi: the matter of a life . Yale University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lang, Berel. 2013. Primo Levi: The Matter of a Life. Yale University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lang, Berel. Primo Levi: The Matter of a Life Yale University Press, 2013.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Lang, Berel. Primo Levi: The Matter of a Life Yale University Press, 2013.
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