A tranquil star : unpublished stories
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Bibliographic Information
A tranquil star : unpublished stories
（Penguin modern classics, . Fiction）
Penguin, 2008, c2007
Available at 2 libraries
Note
Stories selected by Ann Goldstein
"First published in the United States of America by W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., by arrangement with Giulio Einaudi Editore 2007, first published in Great Britain by Penguin Classics 2007"--T.p. verso
Contents of Works
- The death of Marinese
- Bear meat
- Censorship in Bitinia
- Knall
- In the park
- The magic paint
- Gladiators
- The fugitive
- One night
- Fra Diavolo on the Po
- The sorcerers
- Bureau of vital statistics
- The girl in the book
- Buffet dinner
- The TV fans from Delta Cep
- The molecule's defiance
- A tranquil star
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Primo Levi was one of the most astonishing voices to emerge from the twentieth century. This landmark selection of his short stories opens up a world of wonder, love, cruelty and curious twists of fate, where nothing is as it seems. In 'The Fugitive' an office worker composes the most beautiful poem ever with unforeseen consequences, while 'Magic Paint' sees a group of researchers develop a paint that mysteriously protects them from misfortune. 'Gladiators' and 'The Knall' are chilling explorations of mass violence, and in 'The Tranquil Star' a simple story of stargazing becomes a meditation on language, imagination and infinity.
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