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Book Description: Norton. 1 Cloth(s), 2007. hard. Book Condition: New. These 17 stories, first published in Italian between 1949 and 1986, demonstrate the extraordinary range of a writer best known as a Holocaust witness, taking the reader from the primal resistance of a captured partisan fighter, or a middle-aged chemist experimenting with a new paint that wards off evil, to the lustful thoughts of an older man obsessed with a mysterious woman in a seaside villa. In the title story, Levi demonstrates his unerringly tragic understanding of the fragility of the universe through the tale of a pensive astronomer, terrified by the possibility that a long-dormant star might explode and reduce the entire planet to vapor. "This new collection of stories—all previously unpublished in English—will surely surprise readers familiar with Levi as a 'Holocaust writer' or even those who know the semi-autobiographical stories in The Periodic Table. A Tranquil Star is a cabinet of curiosities, in which the realistic pieces are ordinary compared to the array of fascinating items Levi has culled from his imagination of worlds beyond our own. In 'Bureau of Vital Statistics,' for instance, a frustrated man reports to his office for what appears to be an ordinary clerical position, until we slowly realize that his job is to assign causes of death to people on Earth. In 'Gladiators,' a woman reluctantly agrees to join her boyfriend at a popular sporting event — where the 'sport' consists of pedestrians dueling against cars. 'Knall' describes a consumer craze for a pocket-sized gadget that instantly and silently murders people, but only at point-blank range. Each of these stories is only a few pages long, and perhaps it's best to reveal as little about them as possible, so as not to ruin the reader's delight upon discovering the moment when the surreal finally saturates the real. The cumulative effect of these stories—each written in the same elegant, unpretentious prose that defined Levi's memoirs—is to make one wonder about the prevailing philosophy that brought these many imagined worlds into a single mind. And as one reads, that philosophy becomes clear. In each story we are introduced to a twist on our world that is, on closer examination, not really a twist at all."—Washington Post 164. Bookseller Inventory # 01976

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Book Description: W. W. Norton 2007-04-11, 2007. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Bookseller Inventory # 20070727117477

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Book Description: WW Norton Co, United States, 2007. Hardback. Book Condition: New. 211 x 191 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. These seventeen stories, first published in Italian between 1949 and 1986, demonstrate Levi's extraordinary range, taking the reader from the primal resistance of a captured partisan fighter to a middle-aged chemist experimenting with a new paint that wards off evil, to the lustful thoughts of an older man obsessed with a mysterious woman in a seaside villa. In the title story, Levi demonstrates his unerringly tragic understanding of the fragility of the universe through the tale of a pensive astronomer, terrified by the possibility that a long-dormant star might explode and reduce the entire planet to vapor. This remarkable new collection affirms Italo Calvino's conviction that Levi was "one of the most important and gifted writers of our time.". Bookseller Inventory # FLT9780393064681

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Book Description: W. W. Norton & Co., 2007. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Bookseller Inventory # mon0000111936

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Book Description: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2007. Hardcover. Book Condition: Brand New. first edition edition. 176 pages. 8.25x5.75x1.00 inches. In Stock. Bookseller Inventory # 0393064689

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