The author's anthology of writings he considered to be essential reading – thirty pieces by familiar and less familiar voices, many with their roots in Levi's experience of Auschwitz, based on salvation through laughter, knowledge, and understanding the injustice of suffering and the stature of man; translated with an introduction by Peter Forbes, afterword by Italo Calvino setting out the background to the project – many writers invited etc. – and his way in to Primo Levi's selection.
