内容简介
PrimoLeviwasoneofthemostastonishingvoicestoemergefromthetwentiethcentury:amanwhosurvivedoneoftheugliesttimesinhistory,yetwhowasabletodescribehisownAuschwitzexperiencewithanunaffectedtenderness.Leviwasamasterstorytellerbuthedidnotwritefairytales.ThesestoriesareanelegytothehumanfigureswhostoodoutagainstthetragicbackgroundofAuschwitz,'theonesinwhomIhadrecognizedthewillandcapacitytoreact,andhencearudimentofvirtue'.Eachcentresonanindividualwho-whetheritbethroughajugglingtrick,asliceofappleoraletter-discoversoneofthe'bizarre,marginalmomentsofreprieve'.
作者简介
PrimoLeviwasborninTurinin1919.Thesonofaneducatedmiddle-classJewishfamily,hegraduatedwithadegreeinchemistryandfoundajobasaresearchchemistinMilan.InDecember1943,hewasarrestedaspartoftheanti-fascistresistanceanddeportedtoAuschwitz.Afterthewar,Leviresumedhiscareerasachemist,retiringonlyin1975.HisgraphicaccountofhistimeinAuschwitz,IfThisIsaMan,waspublishedin1947andhewentontowritemanyotherbooks,includingIfNotNow,When?andThePeriodicTable,emergingnotonlyasoneofthemostprofoundandhauntingcommentatorsontheHolocaust,butasagreatwriteronmanytwentieth-centurythemes.In1987,PrimoLevidiedinafallthatiswidelybelievedtohavebeensuicide.