Primo Levi
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Author: Ian Thomson
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 640
On 11 April 1987 the Italian writer Primo Levi fell to his death in the house where he had lived for most of his life. More than 40 years after his rescue from a Nazi concentration camp, it now seemed that Levi had committed suicide. Levi's account of Auschwitz, If This Is a Man, is now recognised as one of the essential books of mankind. No other work interrogates our recent moral history so incisively or conveys the horror of the Nazi genocide more directly and profoundly. Written with great urgency to bear witness, the book put Levi among the foremost writers of our time. Ian Thomson spent over ten years in Italy and elsewhere researching and writing this rich and definitive biography. He traced the daughter of Levi's German superior at Auschwitz along with scores of other witnesses. New light is shed on Levi's recurring depressions and vital new information is unearthed regarding the writer's premature death. A witty, resilient man, Levi had suffered dark moods long before he was deported. The suicide of his grandfather, ninety-nine years earlier, is chronicled for the first time. Levi was a chemist and for much of his working life he ran a paint and varnish factory outside T
Author: Ian Thomson
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 640
On 11 April 1987 the Italian writer Primo Levi fell to his death in the house where he had lived for most of his life. More than 40 years after his rescue from a Nazi concentration camp, it now seemed that Levi had committed suicide. Levi's account of Auschwitz, If This Is a Man, is now recognised as one of the essential books of mankind. No other work interrogates our recent moral history so incisively or conveys the horror of the Nazi genocide more directly and profoundly. Written with great urgency to bear witness, the book put Levi among the foremost writers of our time. Ian Thomson spent over ten years in Italy and elsewhere researching and writing this rich and definitive biography. He traced the daughter of Levi's German superior at Auschwitz along with scores of other witnesses. New light is shed on Levi's recurring depressions and vital new information is unearthed regarding the writer's premature death. A witty, resilient man, Levi had suffered dark moods long before he was deported. The suicide of his grandfather, ninety-nine years earlier, is chronicled for the first time. Levi was a chemist and for much of his working life he ran a paint and varnish factory outside T
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Ian Thomson
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 640
On 11 April 1987 the Italian writer Primo Levi fell to his death in the house where he had lived for most of his life. More than 40 years after his rescue from a Nazi concentration camp, it now seemed that Levi had committed suicide. Levi's account of Auschwitz, If This Is a Man, is now recognised as one of the essential books of mankind. No other work interrogates our recent moral history so incisively or conveys the horror of the Nazi genocide more directly and profoundly. Written with great urgency to bear witness, the book put Levi among the foremost writers of our time. Ian Thomson spent over ten years in Italy and elsewhere researching and writing this rich and definitive biography. He traced the daughter of Levi's German superior at Auschwitz along with scores of other witnesses. New light is shed on Levi's recurring depressions and vital new information is unearthed regarding the writer's premature death. A witty, resilient man, Levi had suffered dark moods long before he was deported. The suicide of his grandfather, ninety-nine years earlier, is chronicled for the first time. Levi was a chemist and for much of his working life he ran a paint and varnish factory outside T
Author: Ian Thomson
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 640
On 11 April 1987 the Italian writer Primo Levi fell to his death in the house where he had lived for most of his life. More than 40 years after his rescue from a Nazi concentration camp, it now seemed that Levi had committed suicide. Levi's account of Auschwitz, If This Is a Man, is now recognised as one of the essential books of mankind. No other work interrogates our recent moral history so incisively or conveys the horror of the Nazi genocide more directly and profoundly. Written with great urgency to bear witness, the book put Levi among the foremost writers of our time. Ian Thomson spent over ten years in Italy and elsewhere researching and writing this rich and definitive biography. He traced the daughter of Levi's German superior at Auschwitz along with scores of other witnesses. New light is shed on Levi's recurring depressions and vital new information is unearthed regarding the writer's premature death. A witty, resilient man, Levi had suffered dark moods long before he was deported. The suicide of his grandfather, ninety-nine years earlier, is chronicled for the first time. Levi was a chemist and for much of his working life he ran a paint and varnish factory outside T
Primo Levi