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Primo Levi's Resistance
Primo Levi's Resistance: Rebels and Collaborators in Occupied Italy | Sergio Luzzatto
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A daring investigation of Primo Levi's brief career as a fighter with the Italian Resistance, and the grim secret that haunted his life No other Auschwitz survivor has been as literarily powerful and historically influential as Primo (…more)
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Levi was a partisan for about 3 months and this is about Levi, the fighter, and the early days of the Resistance. Luzzatto moves away from the glorifying image of the good partisan and paints a realistic and honest picture of the Resistance. Se questo è un uomo is one of the most important novels I read, finding out more about Levi, the fighter, made me appreciate him as a complex man. Not sure if someone who hasn't read Levi will enjoy this book?

Anna40 I added a link above: it's a fascinating lecture Sergio Luzzatto gave in Montreal, introducing this book. 5y
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