A Tranquil Star

Primo Levi was one of the most astonishing voices to emerge from the twentieth century. This landmark selection of his short stories opens up a world of wonder, love, cruelty and curious twists of fate, where nothing is as it seems. In �The Fugitive� an office worker composes the most beautiful poem ever with unforeseen consequences, while �Magic Paint� sees a group of researchers develop a paint that mysteriously protects them from misfortune. �Gladiators� and �The Knall� are chilling explorations of mass violence, and in �The Tranquil Star� a simple story of stargazing becomes a meditation on language, imagination and infinity.