In May 2008 I presented my paper 'Primo Levi and the Characterization of Uncategorizable Works' at the short story conference ('Oceans of Stories') in Liverpool.
I'm putting up a video of my outline slides for anyone who's interested.
I hadn't realised that the 'literary' camp who know Levi from The Periodic Table are less aware of the works of Holocaust testimony. There were audible gasps when I revealed that 'Chemistry Exam' (here, the amazing Antony Sher in Primo) took place in Auschwitz.
Helen Simpson, in the audience, was complimentary afterwards - a good start to my first toe-dipping in the murky pool of academia.
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