Il terzo incomodo : un invito a frequentare Primo Levi

The literary style and thought that allowed Primo Levi to transform the concrete experience in Auschwitz into one of the great literary pieces of the 20th century was the result of the double faceted role he played in that event: Levi was, at the same time, a victim and a witness, a person who experienced the annihilation and at the same time asked about this annihilation without any prejudging. From these two perspectives, his works call for a moral intervention of the reader. This article uses the five words composing the title If This Is a Man to analyse the paths and paradoxes of Levi’s writing and acceptance.