Quando Primo Levi diventò il signor Malabaila
by Zanda Carlo
In 1966 Primo Levi was Italy’s foremost writer. Turin-based publishers Einaudi had already published his Se questo è un uomo and La tregua to great acclaim the world over. However, when he handed in his third book, Storie Naturali, Levi was told that it would have to appear under a nom de plume. Levi set aside his humiliation and agreed to use the name Damiano Malabaila. Carlo Zanda homes in on this seemingly trivial episode, building it into a tantalising little non-fiction novel that sheds unexpected light on the history of intellectual Italy in the booming 1960s.
- Publishing house Neri Pozza
- Year of publication 2019
- Number of pages 286
- ISBN 9788854519107
- Foreign Rights Grandi E ASSOCIATI AGENZIA LETTERARIA
- Ebook 8,90
- Awards Premio Montale Fuori di Casa 2016 – Sezione Saggistica
- Price 13.50 €
Zanda Carlo
Carlo Zanda, born in Cagliari, lives in Milan. Professional journalist, he has worked for numerous newspapers and magazines. At the heart of his research is an interest in seemingly unimportant stories. He published with Marcos y Marcos Un bel Posticino. Hermann Hesse\’s Spoon River (2012) and A Mysterious Devotion. Stories of beloved writers and dogs (2014). He is currently working on a story that takes place in Rome in the summer of 1944.
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