{"product_id":"the-mirror-maker-isbn-9780805209891","title":"The Mirror Maker","description":"With the publication of \u003ci\u003eThe Periodic Table\u003c\/i\u003eon 1984, Primo Levi became one of America’s most beloved writers. This new collection of his stories and essays reveals the full imaginative range of this great Italian writer. Most of the stories are science fiction and fantasy, combining Levi’s love for science with his keen perception of human nature. The essays, originally written for the Italian newspaper \u003ci\u003eLa Stampa, \u003c\/i\u003ecover a broad range of his interests, from art and literature to politics and current affairs. Levi’s quick wit and humanity shine through in these gemlike pieces.Preface by Lorenzo Mondo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePremise\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo My Friends\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTORIES\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Thaw\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe Interview\u003cbr\u003eThey Were Made To Be Together\u003cbr\u003eThe Great Mutation\u003cbr\u003eThe Two Flags\u003cbr\u003eFive Intimate Interviews\u003cbr\u003eThe Mirror Maker\u003cbr\u003eThrough the Walls\u003cbr\u003eThe Ant's Wedding\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForce Majeure\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eA Mystery of the \u003ci\u003eLager\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eTime Checkmated\u003cbr\u003eThe Tommy-Gun under the Bed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eESSAYS\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Valley\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe Commander of Auschwitz\u003cbr\u003eThe Moon and the Man\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSic!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eOur Dreams\u003cbr\u003eThe Struggle of Life\u003cbr\u003eSpears Become Shields\u003cbr\u003eTranslating Kafka\u003cbr\u003eRhyming on the Counterattack\u003cbr\u003eDear Horace\u003cbr\u003eBacteria Roulette\u003cbr\u003eAmong the Peaks of Manhattan\u003cbr\u003eThe Wine of the Borgias\u003cbr\u003eReproducing Miracles\u003cbr\u003eThe Man Who Flies\u003cbr\u003eAbout Gossip\u003cbr\u003eJack London's Buck\u003cbr\u003eAdam's Clay\u003cbr\u003eThe Spider's Secret\u003cbr\u003eThe Dispute among German Historians\u003cbr\u003eDefiance in the Ghetto\u003cbr\u003eHatching the Cobra“There are writers, a few of them, who stir an immediate personal response. For me, the Italian-Jewish memoirist and novelist Primo Levi is such a writer . . . He is a writer of integrity, seriousness, and charm.”\u003cbr\u003e—Irving Howe\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Levi’s fascination with life guarantees touches of optimism in both the essays and the stories . . . Here, his range is flawlessly represented by Raymond Resenthal’s translation.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Bristling with finesse and intelligence. The reader . . . will instantly recognize the qualities for which this cultivated, intensely humane Italian writer has been widely praised.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRIMO LEVI\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Turin in 1919 to an Italian-Jewish family. Arrested as a member of the anti-Fascist resistance, he was deported to Auschwitz in 1944. After the war, Levi resumed his careers as a chemist and a writer in Turin until his untimely death in 1987.","brand":"Schocken","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302303715557,"sku":"NP9780805209891","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780805209891.jpg?v=1767740527","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-mirror-maker-isbn-9780805209891","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}