Arduous tasks : Primo Levi, translation, and the transmission of Holocaust testimony
TitreArduous tasks : Primo Levi, translation, and the transmission of Holocaust testimony
Auteur
Call number853.914/0005
N° d'objet07464
Lieu de publicationToronto, Ontario, Canada
EditeurUniversity of Toronto Press
Année de publication
2009
Paginationxx, 319p.,index,bibliography
MatérielLivre
SérieToronto 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).