Title: A tranquil star : unpublished stories /
Authors: Levi, Primo, 1919-1987; Goldstein, Ann, 1949-; Bastagli, Alessandra.
Publisher: W.W. Norton,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Levi, Primo, Translations into English.; Short stories, Italian.
Abstract: Seventeen classic short works include pieces written between 1949 and 1986 and feature such protagonists as a captured partisan fighter, a middle-aged chemist, and a lustful older man.
Contents: Early stories. The death of Marinese ; Bear meat ; Censorship in Bitinia ; Knall ; In the park -- Later stories. The magic paint ; Gladiators ; The fugitive ; One night ; Fra Diavolo on the Po ; The sorcerers ; Bureau of vital statistics ; The girl in the book ; Buffet dinner ; The TV fans from Delta Cep. ; The molecule's defiance ; A tranquil star.