Monkey's Wrench

<b>A remarkable narrative of a worklife as told to Primo Levi who is as great a listener as he is a creative artist. <b>--</b>Studs Terkel</b><br> <b> </b><br> <b>A Penguin Classic</b><br> <b> </b><br> In this exuberant and wildly funny novel Primo Levi celebrates the joys of work and the art of storytelling. The magic is worked through the mesmerizing tales told by Libertini Faussone a construction worker and by the narrator a writer-chemist who share stories of their adventures. Faussone is a life-loving self-educated philosopher who has built bridges and towers in India Africa Alaska and Russia. His passion for work and travel shines through his stories--of a monkey who wanted to be a man of a magnificent machine that caught stardust and of a first love a girl who drove a bulldozer. The writer-chemist himself a rigger of words and molecules listens patient and amused and responds with his own fascinating stories and reflections on the similar joys of labor both physical and intellectual. <p/>For more than seventy years Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1800 titles Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.