RT Journal Article
T1 Primo Levi’s «The Princess in the Fridge»
A1 Zucchi, Valentina
AB ABSTRACT: The paper discusses the similarities between Primo Levi’s documentary novel «Se questo è un uomo» (1947) and his short science fiction story «La bella addormentata nel frigo» from the collection «Storie naturali» (1966), on the basis of the themes of the novel. The concentration camps form an element of continuity between the novel, which bears witness to the horrors Levi experienced, and the seemingly light-hearted story. There are many parallels between human perversion documented in the novel and the grotesque experiment of the ‘Laboratory of evil’ seen in the fictional work. The story is almost a parody of Auschwitz; dreadful seriousness is converted to comedy. Patricia, the protagonist of the short story, is Levi’s «alter ego» and a caricature of the Sleeping Beauty archetype from the traditional fairy tale.
PB Sage
SN 0014-5858
YR 2022
FD 2022-11
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/115388
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/115388
LA eng
NO Zucchi, Valentina. «Primo Levi’s “The Princess in the Fridge”». Forum Italicum, vol. 56, n.º 3, noviembre de 2022, pp. 330-340, https://doi.org/10.1177/00145858221107340
DS Docta Complutense
RD 4 sept 2025