The Search for Roots - a Personal Anthology

Thirty extracts, a commonplace book of sorts; pieces by, among others, Paul Celan, Jonathan Swift, Joseph Conrad, Frederic Brown, Isaac Babel and Arthur C. Clarke; afterword by Italo Calvino setting out the background to the project - many writers invited etc. - and his way in to Primo Levi's selection.

Publisher: Allen Lane. The Penguin Press. Reprint
Place Published: London
Spots of foxing to foredge, else fine in dustwrapper.


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