Arduous tasks : Primo Levi, translation, and the transmission of Holocaust testimony
TitleArduous tasks : Primo Levi, translation, and the transmission of Holocaust testimony
Author
Call number853.914/0005
Object number07464
Place of publicationToronto, Ontario, Canada
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press
Year of publication
2009
Physical descriptionxx, 319p.,index,bibliography
MaterialBook
Series titleToronto Italian studies
ISBN9780802098634
NotesIncludes some text in Dutch, French, German and Italian
Description
Describes the challenges inherent in literary transmission of Holocaust testimony, especially in cases where translation is involved. Insana explores these issues through readings of the translations of works by Jewish-Italian Holocaust survivor Levi Primo in relation to, rather than apart from, his other writings (notably, his 1947 memoir If This Be a Man, Survival in Auschwitz in English).