Mirna Cicioni Senior Lecturer,Department of Italian Studies, La Trobe University

'... bound to become required reading for Levi scholars around the world, and it will also be of great interest to the large number of non-specialist readers of Levi.'V. R. Jones, Department of Italian Studies, University of Reading'...formidably competent. For students, it should replace a comparatively superficial study by Risa Sodi (A Dante of Our Time)...Cicioni is particularly good in explaining Levi's position as a highly assimilated Italian Jew. She is brilliant on Levi as a scientist...Cicioni is subtly balanced on Levi's tortured humanism. I found this study invaluable.'Literary Review'Incorporating rich detail from his work, she [Cicioni] is able to demonstrate the development of his thought on his subjects of interest ... For readers familiar with Primo Levi as a Holocaust chronicler, this book is a valuable offering.'The Australian Jewish News'Cicioni has succeeded in pulling together the disparate threads of Levi's work, and has situated them in illuminati

Mirna Cicioni Senior Lecturer,Department of Italian Studies, La Trobe University

'... bound to become required reading for Levi scholars around the world, and it will also be of great interest to the large number of non-specialist readers of Levi.'V. R. Jones, Department of Italian Studies, University of Reading'...formidably competent. For students, it should replace a comparatively superficial study by Risa Sodi (A Dante of Our Time)...Cicioni is particularly good in explaining Levi's position as a highly assimilated Italian Jew. She is brilliant on Levi as a scientist...Cicioni is subtly balanced on Levi's tortured humanism. I found this study invaluable.'Literary Review'Incorporating rich detail from his work, she [Cicioni] is able to demonstrate the development of his thought on his subjects of interest ... For readers familiar with Primo Levi as a Holocaust chronicler, this book is a valuable offering.'The Australian Jewish News'Cicioni has succeeded in pulling together the disparate threads of Levi's work, and has situated them in illuminati

Mirna Cicioni Senior Lecturer,Department of Italian Studies, La Trobe University

'... bound to become required reading for Levi scholars around the world, and it will also be of great interest to the large number of non-specialist readers of Levi.'V. R. Jones, Department of Italian Studies, University of Reading'...formidably competent. For students, it should replace a comparatively superficial study by Risa Sodi (A Dante of Our Time)...Cicioni is particularly good in explaining Levi's position as a highly assimilated Italian Jew. She is brilliant on Levi as a scientist...Cicioni is subtly balanced on Levi's tortured humanism. I found this study invaluable.'Literary Review'Incorporating rich detail from his work, she [Cicioni] is able to demonstrate the development of his thought on his subjects of interest ... For readers familiar with Primo Levi as a Holocaust chronicler, this book is a valuable offering.'The Australian Jewish News'Cicioni has succeeded in pulling together the disparate threads of Levi's work, and has situated them in illuminati