@article{75f32c1a-c0e2-4748-9f1b-ecbf205c78ff,
author = {Lucie  Bertrand‐Luthereau},
title = {Primo Levi, from shame to suicide: an attempt of classification for an unbearable feeling},
journal = {Cahiers ERTA},
volume = {2017},
number = {Numéro 11 Acédie / Honte, malaise, inquiétude, ressentiment},
year = {2017},
issn = {2300-4681},
pages = {231-246},keywords = {Primo Levi; shame; genocide},
abstract = {Shame is definitely a key notion in Primo Levi's work. In his last book, entitled The drowned and the saved, Primo Levi tries to analyze the difference between the shame he felt as a prisoner in Auschwitz, and another type of shame, which he experienced back in the free world. His attempt is way less clear than first meets the eye: it reveals the bitter struggle taking place in the depth of his identity, and leads to what could be called a destructive metaphysic of shame. This raises the question: how to read Primo Levi's masterpieces knowing they are infected by the “Auschwitz poison” which was lethal for the writer himself?},
doi = {10.4467/23538953CE.17.013.6907},
url = {https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/cahiers-erta/article/primo-levi-quarante-ans-decriture-de-la-honte-du-sentiment-de-honte-du-detenu-a-la-honte-metaphysique-du-rescape}
}