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The Monkey's Wrench

by Primo Levi · 1978

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In this exuberant novel, one of Italy's greatest living writers celebrates the art of storytelling and the spirit of work through weaving the mesmerizing tales of an itinerant construction worker, Libertino Faussone, and a writer-chemist, the true and fictional Primo Levi.

Setting
20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisItalyItalyMore like thisLess of thiscollegecollegeMore like thisLess of thisEuropeEuropeMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 192 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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