Comments on: The Periodic Table by Primo Levi – a review http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/the-periodic-table-by-primo-levi-a-review/ Reflections of a working writer and reader Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:37:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Evgeniy http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/the-periodic-table-by-primo-levi-a-review/comment-page-1/#comment-110271 Evgeniy Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:05:57 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/the-periodic-table-by-primo-levi-a-review/#comment-110271 Thank you! I read your article with pleasure. A lot of interesting things you can find on your blog Thank you!
I read your article with pleasure. A lot of interesting things you can find on your blog

]]> By: Clemens V. http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/the-periodic-table-by-primo-levi-a-review/comment-page-1/#comment-110245 Clemens V. Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:28:12 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/the-periodic-table-by-primo-levi-a-review/#comment-110245 Absorbing article! I guess we cannot imagine what it means to be in Auschwitz or Buchenwald - daily hunger and not to know if this is your last day. Man can be so cruel!!! Absorbing article! I guess we cannot imagine what it means to be in Auschwitz or Buchenwald – daily hunger and not to know if this is your last day. Man can be so cruel!!!

]]> By: Debi http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/the-periodic-table-by-primo-levi-a-review/comment-page-1/#comment-106649 Debi Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:28:59 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/the-periodic-table-by-primo-levi-a-review/#comment-106649 It was Levi's gift to be able to bring to life subjects that many would turn away from - whether they be the horrors of the holocaust, or the dry matters of science, he brought his unique and lyrical humanity to everything he wrote. It was indeed a gift - but a terribly painful one for him to live with. <strong>jb says</strong>: Hi Debi. Even more valuable, then, I think, for us. To be the recipients of a pain transmuted into a life-affirming text. It was Levi’s gift to be able to bring to life subjects that many would turn away from – whether they be the horrors of the holocaust, or the dry matters of science, he brought his unique and lyrical humanity to everything he wrote.

It was indeed a gift – but a terribly painful one for him to live with.

jb says: Hi Debi. Even more valuable, then, I think, for us. To be the recipients of a pain transmuted into a life-affirming text.

]]> By: Ali http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/the-periodic-table-by-primo-levi-a-review/comment-page-1/#comment-106283 Ali Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:40:43 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/the-periodic-table-by-primo-levi-a-review/#comment-106283 As a fellow Chemist, I have been moved by the writings of Primo Levi - and wrote about him recently as Penguin issued a collection of his short stories :- http://januarymagazine.com/labels/Primo%20Levi.html You post makes me want to dust off my copy of his Periodic Table - Sometimes even the most hellish of places, the human spirit prevails Ali <strong>jb says</strong>: Hi Ali. Thanks for the link. But you don't give us the title of the Penguin collection of short stories. That would be useful . . . please. As a fellow Chemist, I have been moved by the writings of Primo Levi – and wrote about him recently as Penguin issued a collection of his short stories :-

http://januarymagazine.com/labels/Primo%20Levi.html

You post makes me want to dust off my copy of his Periodic Table -

Sometimes even the most hellish of places, the human spirit prevails

Ali

jb says: Hi Ali. Thanks for the link. But you don’t give us the title of the Penguin collection of short stories. That would be useful . . . please.

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