Other People's Trades by Primo Levi

Other People's Trades by Primo Levi

OTHER PEOPLE'S TRADES contains 43 essays originally written for newspaper publication. They are, in the author's words, 'the fruit of my roaming about as a curious dilettante for more than a decade ...invasions of the field, incursions into other people's hunting preserves, forays into the boundless territories of zoology, astronomy and linguistics' 'There is no contest. The noblest book of the year' Anita Brookner, SPECTATOR 'Read an essay or two every few days; it'll be like meeting him in a Turin cafe, hearing him talk of wonderful, funny and horrible things in his gentle, dry voce, with all the virtues of his chemist's training - 'humility, patience and method', a wonderful nose and eye, and a steady hand' NEW STATESMAN & SOCIETY 'Everything Primo Levi has ever written is well worth reading, and this collection is no exception' THE TIMES 'There is no contest. The noblest book of the year' SPECTATOR

One of the most interesting books I have ever read - by a great and good writer OBSERVER There is no contestThe noblest book of the year Anita Brookner, SPECTATOR There is nothing heavy or preachy about these delightful essays, but taken together they add up to a memorable portrait of what a human being is or ought to be SUNDAY TELEGRAPH A book to return to in the anticipation of pleasure of a bracing intellectual kind TLS

Primo Levi was born in Turin in 1919. After his return to Italy after the war, he continued to work as a chemist until his retirement in 1975. He died in 1987.

SKU	GOR001837349
ISBN 13	9780349101859
ISBN 10	034910185X
Titre	Other People's Trades
Auteur	Primo Levi
Série	Abacus Books
État	Très bon
Type de reliure	Paperback
Éditeur	Little, Brown Book Group
Année de publication	1999-11-04
Nombre de pages	224
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