About This Novel
If "The Drowned and the Saved" is Levi in absolute pain, then "Other People's Trade" is Levi in absolute joy. "Other People's Trades" collects 43 essays written by Primo Levi from 1969 to 1985. In these witty and charming words, Levi not only examines his own profession as a writer and chemist, but also pays attention to the professions of others. In Levi's own words, this is the fruit of his "more than ten years of wandering as a curious amateur... An infringement of other people's professions, a raid on the boundless territories of zoology, astronomy and linguistics". He shuttles between science and humanities, exploring the objects that fascinate him: his house, insects, imaginary animals, children's games, the language of chemists, the obscure texts of French writer Rabelais, German poets Trakl and Paul Celan, returning to school at the age of 60... This book is erudite and humorous, warm and temperate. It not only shows his unique thinking on human civilization, but also conveys his belief that although our era is full of problems and dangers, it is not boring. The "Levi Works" series also includes "The Drowned and the Rescued", "The Wrench", "This Is Auschwitz: Evidence 1945-1986", "The Uncertain Moment: Selected Poems of Levi", "The Truce" and "If Not Now, When?" "Moments of Reprieve", "Voices of Memory: Interviews with Levi 1961-1987", "I Talking to You: Conversations between Levi and Tessio", etc.
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