Primo Levi

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Italian writer Primo Levi's account of Auschwitz "If This Is A Man" is recognised as one of the essential books of mankind. No other work interrogates our moral history so incisively or conveys more profoundly the horror of the Nazi genocide. On 11 April 1987, Levi fell to his death in the house where he was born. This book presents his biography. "One of the best literary biographies of the year...superb...Levi, I think, would have appreciated it." -- "Observer" Zusammenfassung Italian writer Primo Levi's account of Auschwitz "If This Is A Man" is recognised as one of the essential books of mankind. No other work interrogates our moral history so incisively or conveys more profoundly the horror of the Nazi genocide. On 11 April 1987, Levi fell to his death in the house where he was born. This book presents his biography.

Product details

• Authors: Ian Thomson
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.02.2003
• EAN: 9780099515210
• ISBN: 978-0-09-951521-0
• No. of pages: 656
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 36 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Europe, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, HISTORY / Military / World War II, HISTORY / Holocaust, Second World War, The Holocaust, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Biography: writers