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THE DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY OF PRIMO LEVI TO MARK THE CENTENARY OF HIS BIRTH’One of the best literary biographies of the year…superb… Levi, I think, would have appreciated it’ ObserverRe-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 aft…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099515210 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099515210 |
| Author: | Ian Thomson |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 656 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2003 |
| Weight: | 496g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 33mm |
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Critics Review
“One of the best literary biographies of the year…superb…Levi, I think, would have appreciated it.” – Observer
“Thomson writes with snap-brio and a sense of relevance” – Clive James Times Literary Supplement “A model of its kind: beautiful in its arrangement and narration, measured and honest without every being remotely dull. Thank goodness for Ian Thomson…over and over again it is Thomson who proves himself, through his precision, modesty and intelligence, the true and perfect biographer of Primo Levi” – Craig Brown Mail on Sunday “A formidable work of literary biography… An absolutely brilliant account of wartime Italy… Very, very powerful” – Richard Holmes BBC Radio Four “Clearly written with love, and unlikely to be surpassed” Sunday Telegraph “Pacy, straight-down-the-line-coolly authoritative” – Blake Morrison Guardian
About The Author
Ian Thomson
Ian Thomson was one of the last to interview Primo Levi, and the first to journey in his tracks asa 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.
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