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A Tranquil Star Primo Levi

A Tranquil Star By Primo Levi

A Tranquil Star by Primo Levi


$14.49
Condition - Very Good
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Summary

A selection of short stories that opens up a world of wonder, love, cruelty and curious twists of fate, where nothing is as it seems. It includes stories such as: The Fugitive, Magic Paint, Gladiators, The Knall, and, The Tranquil Star.

A Tranquil Star Summary

A Tranquil Star: Unpublished Stories by Primo Levi

Primo Levi was one of the most astonishing voices to emerge from the twentieth century. This landmark selection of his short stories opens up a world of wonder, love, cruelty and curious twists of fate, where nothing is as it seems. In 'The Fugitive' an office worker composes the most beautiful poem ever with unforeseen consequences, while 'Magic Paint' sees a group of researchers develop a paint that mysteriously protects them from misfortune. 'Gladiators' and 'The Knall' are chilling explorations of mass violence, and in 'The Tranquil Star' a simple story of stargazing becomes a meditation on language, imagination and infinity.

About Primo Levi

Primo Levi, born in Turin, Italy, in 1919, and trained as a chemist, was arrested during the Second World War as a member of the anti-Fascist resistance and deported to Auschwitz in 1944. His experience in the death camp and his subsequent travels through Eastern Europe were the subject of powerful memoirs, fiction and poetry. Levi died in Turin in April 1987.

Additional information

GOR001632278
9780141188911
014118891X
A Tranquil Star: Unpublished Stories by Primo Levi
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
20080403
176
N/A
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