Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Levi as Writer, Levi as Witness 1. The Haunted Journey of Primo Levi Gian Paolo Biasin 2. Primo Levi and His Concept of Time: Time of the Gun, Time of the Spirit Yaffa Eliach 3. The Rhetoric of the Univers Concentrationaire Risa Sodi Part II: Levi and Science 4. Primo Levi's Science as 'Evil Nurse': The Lesson of Inversion Nancy Harrowitz 5. Moral Snares and Parables: Between Science Fiction and Midrash Mirna Cicioni Part III: Levi's Poetry 6. At an Uncertain Hour: The Other Side of Primo Levi Nicholas Patruno Part IV: Levi and Language 7. On Language and Violence Brian Cliff 8. On Language and Personhood: A Linguistic Odyssey Patricia Sayre and Linnea Vacca Part V: Levi's Legacy 9. Bridging the Narrative and Visual: Primo Levi as a Source of Inspiration for Contemporary Artists Stephen C. Feinstein 10. The Duty and Risk of Testimony: Primo Levi as Keeper of Memory Franca Molino Signorini 11. Legacy in Gray Lawrence L. Langer Bibliography of Selected Works by and About Primo Levi Contributors Index

About the Author

Roberta S. Kremer is Executive Director of the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre.

Reviews

"Levi is quickly becoming an acknowledged master of the Holocaust-as a memoirist, I consider him to be as significant a commentator as Elie Wiesel. Lamentably, there are few books in English on Levi, and I believe anyone interested in the Holocaust and in Italian literature will be interested in this volume." - Jay Losey, Baylor University "Anyone interested in a greater understanding of our 'age of atrocity' will find this book necessary reading." - Doug Beardsley, University of Victoria