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The Mirror Maker

The Mirror Maker is a collection of stories and essays by Italian author Primo Levi originally published in the Italian newspaper La Stampa.

Last revised
Jul 8, 2026
Read time
≈ 1 min
Length
175 w
Citations
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Source
The Mirror Maker
First English edition
AuthorPrimo Levi
Original titleIl fabbricante di specchi. Racconti e saggi.
TranslatorRaymond Rosenthal
LanguageItalian
PublisherSchocken Books (English)
Publication date1986
Publication placeItaly
Published in English
1989
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages176
ISBN0-8052-4076-4
OCLC60155121

The Mirror Maker is a collection of stories and essays by Italian author Primo Levi1 originally published in the Italian newspaper La Stampa.

Stories

"The Thaw"
"The Interview"
"They Were Made to Be Together"
"The Great Mutation"
"The Two Flags"
"Five Intimate Interviews"
"The Mirror Maker"
"Through the Walls"
"The Ant's Wedding"
"Force Majeure"
"A Mystery in the Lager"
"Time Checkmated"
"The Tommy-Gun under the Bed"

Essays

"A Valley"
"The Commander of Auschwitz"
"The Moon and Man"
"Sic!"
"Our Dreams"
"The Struggle for Life"
"Spears Become Shields"
"Translating Kafka"
"Rhyming on the Counterattack"
"Dear Horace"
"Bacteria Roulette"
"Among the Peaks of Manhattan"
"The Wine of the Borgias"
"Reproducing Miracles"
"The Man Who Flies"
"About Gossip"
"Jack London's Buck"
"Adam's Clay"
"The Spider's Secret"
"The Dispute among German Historians"
"Defiance in the Ghetto"
"Hatching the Cobra"

References

References

  1. Fox, Robert (March 10, 1990). "Doves, cobras and chimeras". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved June 7, 2026.