The Wrench

This is not a book for journalists. Civil servants, too, will feel uneasy while reading it, and as for lawyers, they will never sleep again. For it is about a man in his capacity as homo faber, a maker of things with his hands, and what has any of us ever made but words. I say it is "about" the man who makes; truly, it is more a hymn of praise than a description, and not only because the toiler who is the hero of the book is a hero indeed - a figure, in his humanity, simplicity, worthy of inclusion in the catalogue of mythical giants alongside Hercules, Atlas, Gargantua and Orion. He is Faussone, a rigger' Bernard Levin, The Times

About the author

Primo Levi was born in Turin in 1919 and trained as chemist. Arrested a member of the anti-fascist resistance during the war, he was deported to Auschwitz. His experiences there are described in his two classic autobiographical works, If This is a Man and The Truce.

Product details

• Authors: Primo Levi
• Publisher: Abacus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.07.2013
• EAN: 9780349138633
• ISBN: 978-0-349-13863-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 196 mm x 170 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Italienische SchriftstellerInnen; Werke (div.), FICTION / Historical / General, History, Historical fiction, FICTION / Historical / World War II, HISTORY / Military / World War II, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Europe / General