Author: Primo Levi

Cites

• NULL (1)
  • IN: The Periodic Table (1975) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: Ibergekumene tsores iz gut tsu dertseylin. Troubles overcome are good to tell.
    FROM: Yiddish Proverb, (None), Proverb, NULL
• William Shakespeare (1)
  • IN: The Monkey's Wrench (1978) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: ...though this knave came somewhat saucily into the world... there was good sport at his making.
    FROM: King Lear, (1608), Play, UK

Cited by

• Ruta Sepetys (1)
  • IN: Salt to the Sea (2016) Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: We the survivors are not the true witnesses. The true witnesses, those in possession of the unspeakable truth, are the drowned, the dead, and the disappeared.
    FROM: The Drowned and the Saved, (1986), Book, Italy
• Charles Baxter (1)
  • IN: There's Something I Want You to Do (2015) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: It is common knowledge that nobody is born with a decalogue already formed, but that everyone builds his own either during his life or at the end, on the basis of his own experiences, or of those of others which can be assimilated to his own; so that everybody’s moral universe, suitably interpreted, comes to be identified with the sum of his former experiences, and so represents an abridged form of his biography.
    FROM: The Reawakening, (1963), Book, Italy
• Boualem Sansal (1)
  • IN: An Unfinished Business (2008) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: Sir, please accept my resignation As of next month, And, if it seems right, plan on replacing me. I’m leaving much unfinished work, Whether out of laziness or actual problems. I was supposed to tell someone something, But I no longer know what and to whom: I’ve forgotten. I was also supposed to donate something —  A wise word, a gift, a kiss; I put it off from one day to the next. I’m sorry. I’ll do it in the short time that remains. I’m afraid I’ve neglected important clients. I was meant to visit Distant cities, islands, desert lands; You’ll have to cut them from the program Or entrust them to my successor. I was supposed to plant trees and I didn’t; To build myself a house, Maybe not beautiful, but based on plans. Mainly, I had in mind A marvelous book, kind sir, Which would have revealed many secrets, Alleviated pains and fears, Eased doubts, given many The gift of tears and laughter. You’ll find its outline in my drawer, Down below, with the unfinished business; I didn’t have the time to write it out, which is a shame, It would have been a fundamental work.
    FROM: Unfinished Business, (1984), Poem, Italy
• Jonathan Rabb (1)
  • IN: Among the Living (2016) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: We said to each other things that are not said among the living.
    FROM: The Journey, (2007), Film, Italy
• Kim Brooks (2)
  • IN: The House Guest (2016) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: You who live safe In your heated houses, You who come home at night to find Hot food and friendly faces…
    FROM: If This Is a Man, (1947), Book, Italy
  • IN: The Houseguest (2016) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: You who live safe In your heated houses, You who come home at night to find Hot food and friendly faces...
    FROM: If This Is A Man, (1947), Book, Italy
• Slavenka Drakulić (1)
  • IN: S. (1999) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: It is an intense pleasure, physical, inexpressible, to be at home, among friendly people and to have so many things to recount: but I cannot help noticing that my listeners do not follow me. In fact, they are completely indifferent: they speak confusedly of other things among themselves, as if I was not there. My sister looks at me, gets up and goes away without a word.
    FROM: If This is a Man, (1947), Book, Italy