Primo Levi: A Life

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Thompson creates a thorough, engaging, and intelligent chronicle of the life and times of Primo Levi. The book not only focuses on every aspect of Primo Levi the man, but all areas of his life, environments and the people who influenced him to create a complete picture of how and why Levi came to be. Highly recommended.

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Certainly, this is a very detailed and well researched biography -- and I think it was very well written.I have read many of Mr. Levi's books and knowing more about his life certainly adds much to his many autobiographicalworks. Mr. Levi was a fascinating and talented man, and certain also human and had struggles in his life. Heis very much painted as a many-dimensional person in this biography.I do wonder why Mr. Levi's wife and children had minimal, (if any, it seems) input in the book -- the author hasto construct the relationships they had with him via the interviews with many friends and other familymembers. While well documented and researched - there is a very big piece of the life of Mr. Levimissing in the book, without their personal comments and cooperation (does anyone know what the immediatefamily thought of the book, and if they were maybe just adverse to interviews with Anyone?)I did feel that the author concentrated a bit too much on his interpretation of the 'asexual' aspect of Mr. Levi'sfriendships with women throughout his life - and that he worked overly hard to back his impressions of Mr. Levi's depressions and probable suicide. At times, it did seem that the author was trying a bit too hard to mold his storyto the (generally accepted) suicide interpretation .......... there is another camp of thought that felt that this was anaccidental death - but that is ruled out quickly in this book (the opening chapter Starts with Mr. Levi's death, andthen moves back to his birth and reconstructs his life from there).If you want to know most everything about Primo Levi's life, you will enjoy this book ...... despite the little thingsnoted above that nagged at me just a bit.

For those of us who are fascinated by Primo Levi's story, by the way he writes and presents his characters, and by how he make have come to his perceptions of humanity, this book was an invaluable read. It is not light. There are a magnitude of details that reveal just how much research went into this tome. But the story is well put together and again, I feel it is worth while and a great magnifying glass into the world of this mysterious man.