Situated at the intersection of animal studies and literary theory, this book explores the remarkable and subtly pervasive web of animal imagery, metaphors, and concepts in the work of the…

Scholar, writer, and poet Cheryl Chaffin travels to Poland to contemplate the ethical implications of Italian Jewish writer Primo Levi’s deportation to Auschwitz in 1944, and to reflect on the…

A Study Guide for Primo Levi’s A Good Day, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Literary Themes for Students: Race and Prejudice. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author…

Now in paperback comes a collection of little-known personal and revealing interviews with one of the most important and gifted writers of our time (Italo Calvino).

L'opera di Primo Levi presenta un caso straordinariamente ricco e in qualche modo enigmatico di intertestualita. Con questo volume si e cercato di tracciare i lineamenti di una mappa immaginaria…

In 1987, Primo Levi took part in this remarkable series of conversations. He discusses his childhood, his education under Fascism, his friendships, and recounts his wartime experience as a partisan…

The Holocaust marks a decisive moment in modern suffering in which it becomes almost impossible to find meaning or redemption in the experience. In this study, C. Fred Alford offers…

The book is an against-the-grain study of Primo Levi’s lifelong concerns about agency, both personal and political. It moves from fresh readings of his lesser-known short story and novels to…