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Primo Levi - by Ian Thomson (Paperback)

Primo Levi - by  Ian Thomson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Primo Levi wrote books that have been called the essential works of humankind, including <i>Survival in Auschwitz </i>and <i>The Periodic Table. </i>Yet he lived an unremarkable existence, remaining to his death in the house in which he'd been born; managing a paint and varnish factory for thirty years; and tending his invalid mother to the end. Now, in a matchless account, Ian Thomson unravels the strands of an influential life.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Beautiful in its arrangement and narration, measured and honest without ever being remotely dull. Thank goodness for Ian Thomson... the true and perfect biographer of Primo Levi." --<i>Daily Mail (UK)</i> <p/>"A modest but imposing work." --<i>The New York Times Book Review</i> <p/>"Thomson has surely written one of the best literary biographies of the year . . . Shrewdly, he has provided what any lover of Levi needs close by: not a critical interpretation or reinterpretation, but a reader's companion . . . Thomson writes with an exemplary mastery of detail and rare narrative verve . . . Superb." --<i>The Observer</i> <p/>"Intelligent, low-key, well-written, and mercifully innocent of big claims. It brilliantly captures what is remarkable about its subject: the life and emotional economy of a man who was 'ordinary'...An important biography." --<i>London Review of Books</i> <p/>"Ian Thomson has done a prodigious amount of research and presents a considerable amount of fresh biographical material . . . Highly persuasive." --<i>The New York Review of Books</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>IAN THOMSON was one of the last writers to interview Primo Levi and devoted ten years to this biography. He lives in London.</p>

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