This introduction to Primo Levi and his writing draws attention to the literary worth of Levi's output, not just the Holocaust testimonies for which he is primarily known. The text situates his works in the context of Italian culture and society from the 1920s to the 1980s.

General readers who are acquainted with Levi's writings will find this book fascinating, as will students and scholars of Holocaust Literature, Italian Studies and Contemporary Italian Literature.