Understanding Primo Levi

Nicholas Patruno

first published 1995 University of South Carolina Press, 1995 170 pages

Understanding modern European and Latin American literature

"Primo Levi emerged from the Holocaust as one of the most powerful voices to bear witness to the atrocities of the Nazi concentration camps. Italian by birth and Jewish by ancestry, this young chemist survived Auschwitz and later, with his sober retelling of the horrific experience, consecrated the memory of millions who perished there. In this companion to his works, Nicholas Patruno analyzes Levi's novels, short st...

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Understanding Primo Levi edition · 2008 · University of South Carolina Press · 170 pages · 9781570037917
Understanding Primo Levi edition · 1995 · University of South Carolina Press · 170 pages
Understanding Primo Levi edition · 1995 · University of South Carolina Press · 9780585353548

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