Primo Levi: The Elements of a Life - Couverture souple

Thomson, Ian

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0099515210 ISBN 13 : 9780099515210

Editeur : Vintage, 2003

Synopsis

'One of the best literary biographies of the year...superb... Levi, I think, would have appreciated it' Observer

Re-issued to mark the centenary of Primo Levi’s birth, now featuring a new introduction from the author.

Discover the definitive biography of the iconic writer and Holocaust survivor.

On 11 April 1987 the Italian writer and chemist Primo Levi fell to his death in the house where he was born. More than forty years after his rescue from a Nazi concentration camp, it seemed that Levi had taken his own life. His account of Auschwitz, If This Is a Man, is recognised as one of the essential books of mankind.

Ian Thomson spent over ten years in Italy and elsewhere researching and writing this matchless biography. This incomparable book unravels the strands of a life caught between the factory and the typewriter, family and friends. Deeply researched, it sheds new light on Levi's recurring depressions and unearths vital information about his premature death.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ian Thomson was one of the last to interview Primo Levi, and the first to journey in his tracks as
a biographer. He is an expert on Italian literature and has translated the Sicilian crime writer and essayist Leonardo Sciascia into English. Thomson is the author of two prize-winning works of reportage, Bonjour Blanc: A Journey Through Haiti and The Dead Yard: Tales of Modern Jamaica. He edited Articles of Faith: The Collected Tablet Journalism of Graham Greene, while his book Dante’s Divine Comedy: A Journey Without End was published in 2018. He is the recipient of the Royal Society of Literature’s Ondaatje Prize and the W. H. Heinemann Award. He lives in London.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Vintage
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0099515210
• ISBN 13: 9780099515210
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 656
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible