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Primo Levi's Literary Companions

Poet Peter Forbes talks about his English translation of Primo Levi's last book

Poet Peter Forbes talks about his translation of Primo Levi's last book, The Search for Roots, A Personal Anthology; the report also includes a commemoration of Levi's life and readings from his writings about Auschwitz. Plus: Richard Zenith on his new English translation of The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa, the Portuguese modernist writer who died in 1935.
Presenter: Harriett Gilbert.

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麻豆社 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project