Philip Roth talks to the Italian writer Primo Levi about his life and times
Philip Roth, 23 October 1986
“... one important difference. Crusoe set to work for his individual survival, whereas I and my two French companions were consciously and happily willing to work at last for a just and human goal, to save the lives of our sick comrades. As for survival, this is a question that I put to myself many times and that many have put to me. I insist there was no ... ”