On the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2018, for the series EMPATHY & LONELINESS IN CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE | Book club, third of six lectures by Shirley Finzi Loew concerning individuals & society in Contemporary Italian Literature.
Premio Campiello 1982. In the final days of World War II, a courageous band of Jewish partisans makes its way from Russia to Italy, moving toward the ultimate goal of Palestine. Based on a true story, If Not Now, When? chronicles their adventures as they wage a personal war of revenge against the Nazis: blowing up trains, rescuing the last victims of concentration camps, scoring victories in the face of unspeakable devastation. Primo Levi captures the landscape and the people of Eastern Europe in vivid detail, depicting as well the terrible bleakness of war-ridden Europe. But finally, what he gives us is a tribute to the strength and ingenuity of the human spirit.
- The six lectures are a series. It is required to subscribe and pay a symbolic fee of 180 NIS. Deadline for enrollment: Friday, November 3, 2017. For further information, please contact the Italian Cultural Institute of Haifa at 04-8536091.
- Participants are invited to read the novel in Hebrew or in the original language before each lecture.
Shirley Finzi Loew graduated in Computer Engineering (Technion). After making a career in the computer industry, she moved to literature. She graduated in comparative literature (University of Haifa) with a thesis on Elsa Morante’s novels and has been working as translator from Italian into Hebrew since then.
Event held in Hebrew.
Refreshments from 17:45.
Monday, January 8th 2018, at 18:00
Italian Cultural Institute in Haifa
Rehov Meir Rutberg 12 – Haifa
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