A Centaur in Auschwitz: Reflections on Primo Levi's Thinking

Giuliani, Massimo

ISBN 10: 0739106635 / ISBN 13: 9780739106631

Verlag: Lexington Books, 2003

Like New condition. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers V14A-04741

Inhaltsangabe:

In A Centaur in Auschwitz, Massimo Giuliani sheds new light on Primo Levi's rational, demythologizing approach to suffering and survival. Whether working in narrative or poetic form, Levi grappled with the ambiguities and complexities of innocence and guilt, triumph and loss. Giuliani presents a powerful new means to understand Levi's thought: employing the neologism of salvaction (conveying "salvation" through one's own "action"), Giuliani has developed a "star of salvaction"-a diagram in the shape of a star of David, in which each of the six points leads to a strategy Levi learned for seeking meaning, and thereby salvation, in the misery of Auschwitz. This unique book, with its concise overview of Levi's expression and development as a writer, reveals Primo Levi for what he was: scientist, intellectual, Jew, and dedicated seeker of the roots of human dignity.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Massimo Giuliani

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Titel: A Centaur in Auschwitz: Reflections on Primo...
Verlag: Lexington Books
Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: As New