| A Centaur in Auschwitz: Reflections on Primo Levi's Thinking Contributor(s): Giuliani, Massimo (Author), Brilliant, Richard (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0739107429 ISBN-13: 9780739107423 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $48.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2003 Annotation: 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. 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Literary Criticism | European - Italian |
| Dewey: 853.914 |
| LCCN: 2003015265 |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 5.96" W x 9.1" (0.43 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |