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020 a| 9780300137231 (hbk. : alk. paper);

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050 00 a| PQ4872.E8b| Z724 2013;

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100 1 a| Lang, Berel.=| ^A634911;

245 10 a| Primo Levi :b| the matter of a life /c| Berel Lang.;

246 30 a| Matter of a life;

264 1 a| New Haven :b| Yale University Press,c| [2013];

300 a| 173 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 22 cm.;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

490 1 a| Jewish Lives;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| The end -- The war -- Writing -- The Jewish question -- Thinking -- The beginning -- Preface.;

520 8 a| In 1943, twenty-four-year-old Primo Levi had just begun a career in chemistry when, after joining a partisan group, he was captured by the Italian Fascist Militia and deported to Auschwitz. Of the 650 Italian Jews in his transport, he was one of only 24 who survived the eleven months before the camp's liberation. Upon returning to his native Turin, Levi resumed work as a chemist and was employed for thirty years by a company specialising in paints and other chemical coatings. Yet soon after his return to Turin, he also began writing and it is for this work that he has won international recognition. His first book, þIf This Is a Manþ, issued in 1947 after great difficulty in finding a publisher, remains a landmark document of the 20th century. Berel Lang's groundbreaking biography shines new light on Levi's role as a major intellectual and literary figure - an important Holocaust writer and witness but also an innovative moral thinker in whom his two roles as chemist and writer converged, providing the "matter" of his life.;

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650 0 a| Holocaust survivorsz| Italyv| Biography.=| ^A145058;

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Primo Levi : the matter of a life / Berel Lang.

Author/creator	Lang, Berel
Format	Book
Publication	New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013]
Description	173 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Subjects	Levi, Primo, 1919-1987 Jews--Italy. --Biography. Holocaust survivors--Italy. --Biography.

Portion of title	Matter of a life
Series	Jewish Lives Jewish lives (New Haven, Conn.) ^A1036261
Contents	The end -- The war -- Writing -- The Jewish question -- Thinking -- The beginning -- Preface.
Summary	In 1943, twenty-four-year-old Primo Levi had just begun a career in chemistry when, after joining a partisan group, he was captured by the Italian Fascist Militia and deported to Auschwitz. Of the 650 Italian Jews in his transport, he was one of only 24 who survived the eleven months before the camp's liberation. Upon returning to his native Turin, Levi resumed work as a chemist and was employed for thirty years by a company specialising in paints and other chemical coatings. Yet soon after his return to Turin, he also began writing and it is for this work that he has won international recognition. His first book, þIf This Is a Manþ, issued in 1947 after great difficulty in finding a publisher, remains a landmark document of the 20th century. Berel Lang's groundbreaking biography shines new light on Levi's role as a major intellectual and literary figure - an important Holocaust writer and witness but also an innovative moral thinker in whom his two roles as chemist and writer converged, providing the "matter" of his life.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2013018411
ISBN	9780300137231 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	0300137230 (hbk. : alk. paper)

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