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A chemist by training, Primo Levi became one of the supreme witnesses to twentieth-century atrocity. In these haunting reflections inspired by the elements of the periodic table, he ranges from young love to political savagery; from the inert gas argon - and 'inert' relatives like the uncle who stayContinue
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guardian.co.uk published on Sun, 26 Sep 2010
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Aaron, Gabriel and Bonaparte
Once in an unguarded moment when I was trying to illustrate the unbounded nature of human vanity, I shamefacedly admitted to my daughter that I, too, outwardly so cool-headed and realistic about my slender talents, cherished in the back of my mind a ... (read full critics)
lrb published on Sat, 4 Sep 2010
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- English Books
- Mass Market Paperback 224 Pages
- ISBN-10: 0141185147
- ISBN-13: 9780141185149
- Publisher: Penguin Classic
- Pub date: Sep 07, 2000
- Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover, School & Library Binding and Others
- In other languages: other languages
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| 9780141185149 | Mass Market Paperback | $16.38 | $12.02 | The Book Depository |
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J T Shepherd 
The heart of the matter
Primo Levi, who was until 1976 the manager of a chemical factory in Turin, says that for him, Mendeleev's Periodic Table, was poetry 'loftier and more solemn than all the poetry we had swallowed down in liceo, and come to think of it, it even rhymed. ... (read full critics)