La Storia
Elsa Morante. Excerpts from La Storia, remembering October 16, 1943 Not even from her mother had she ever heard this denomination “Aryans”; in fact, the de-nomination of Jews itself, for…
Elsa Morante. Excerpts from La Storia, remembering October 16, 1943 Not even from her mother had she ever heard this denomination “Aryans”; in fact, the de-nomination of Jews itself, for…
“If you no longer want to believe the truth, nobody will want to believe you.” Zelman Lewental, prisoner of the Auschwitz Sonderkommando, quoted in Franco Fortini, “I cani del Sinai”. …
Let no one praise Perillus, who was cruder than the tyrant Phalaris, for whom he constructed a brazen bull, promising that when a man was enclosed therein and a fire…
This Holiday season at Bookhouse, we are delighted to feature a rich selection of haggadot from different times and geographical provenances selected by Dan Wyman, our partner and leading international…
And Sarai said to Abram, “Look, יהוה has kept me from bearing. Consort with my maid; perhaps I shall have a child through her.” And Abram heeded Sarai’s request.
So Sarai, Abram’s wife, took her maid, Hagar the Egyptian—after Abram had dwelt in the land of Canaan ten years—and gave her to her husband Abram as concubine.
Sullaluna and Centro Primo Levi invite you to join a book club discussion of The Trunk, a novella by Alberto Vigevani (translated by Will Schutt) on May 8th at 6:30…
The beloved sports correspondent, after having chronicled the Tour de France and Bartali’s victory, is “expelled” in accordance with racial laws. Two letters shed light on Corriere della Sera’s editor Borelli’s…
In various ways, Bookhouse visitors have expressed curiosity about the technical and artisanal aspects of typography and book production. I will periodically propose a book, an image, or a video…
Centro Primo Levi mourns the death of Roberto Bassi, z’’l, dearly remembered for his charm, human qualities, and for his role in post-war Italian Judaism. Born in Venice in 1931,…