""No human experience is without meaning or unworthy of analysis,'' writes Levinot even the ``gigantic biological and social experiment that was Auschwitz.'' And few ...

In 1985, Primo Levi was known in Britain and America for a single book, If This is a Man, his memoir of survival in Auschwitz. Then came The Periodic Table, which arrived in this country garlanded ...

When one contemplates the efforts of defiance that characterized the Resistance movements during World War II, it is evident that nearly every country that participated in the conflict boasted an ...

“Primo Levi’s Journey” defies neat categorization. It’s part travelogue, part Holocaust remembrance, part philosophical reflection. The documentary’s roots lie in the Italian Jewish writer’s long ...

Editors and writers on the Books desk — along with colleagues from the newsroom — recommend some time-tested books that offer escape from the present moment. By Elisabeth Egan and Tina Jordan Three ...

A few years ago, my husband gave me The Complete Works of Primo Levi as a gift. Last winter, I decided that 2025 would be the year I finally read through them. I was due to give birth to our first ...