Primo Levi's Ordinary Virtues: From Testimony to Ethics

ISBN-13: 9780198159636 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 328 str.

Robert S. C. Gordon

Opis

This book explores the extraordinary depth of Levi the ethical writer across his entire oeuvre, by way of thirteen so-called "ordinary virtues"--the ways and means Levi forges for practically and compassionately engaging with the world. It draws on a wide range of recent thinking about Holocaust literature and the general relationship between literature and ethics.

Recenzje

Extraordinary book ... Generous quotations from Levi make the book a pleasure to read ... the chapter on story-telling exemplifies Gordon's approach at its most appealing ... Gordon's book should be read by anyone interested in how a better world might just be possible.