Primo Levi's Universe: A Writer's Journey
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Primo Levi (191987) is a complex and difficult writer to see fully. His If This Is a Man, The Periodic Table, and The Drowned and the Saved are profound meditations on Auschwitz, but the various formats and viewpoints he used can make it hard to grasp a clear understanding of his work, influence, and importance. Magavern (law, Univ. at Buffalo), who stresses the greatness of Levi, has attempted a short biographic and literary reading of the complete man. The author understands Levi as a heroic witness to Auschwitz and reads his work as redemptive and spiritual. Magavern writes of the importance to Levi of Dante, Homer, and Rabelais and of Levi's desire to be a writer, a family man, and a constructive member of society. For Levi, the Nazi era is a gigantic metaphor for the cruelty of life itselfthe world is a prison of shame and guilt redeemed by love, work, and duty. Magavern describes Levi's difficult family relationships and struggles with depression. A good introduction to Levi's life and work.Gene Shaw, NYPL Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0230606474
ISBN13:9780230606470
Release Date:July 2009
Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan
Length:240 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 5.0" x 8.1"
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