Dall'attesa Alla Storia-Esilio. La Memoria E L'identita in Se Non Ora, Quando? Di Primo Levi‪.‬

Giuseppe Tosi, in "Dall'attesa alla storia-esilio. La memoria e l'identita in Se non ora, quando? di Primo Levi," explores the primary motives of Levi's novel: the destruction of the Ashkenazi Jewish communities during the Second World War; the sense of uprootedness among the survivors, which impelled their participation in the partisan resistance; the cultural dissolution experienced by the survivors, including their estrangement from religion and its eschatological dimension; and their entry into a history-exile in which identity and memory are irredeemably compromised. The sudden disappearance of the past imposes its shadow on the survivors, permanently marking their attempts to rebuild their lives. Dov'e la mia casa? E in nessun luogo. E nello zaino che mi porto dietro. (Levi, Se non ora, quando? 200)