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An Armenian Sketchbook (New York Review Books Classics)

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An Armenian Sketchbook (New York Review Books Classics)

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Few writers had to confront as many of the last centuryâ€™s mass tragedies as Vasily Grossman, who wrote with terrifying clarity about the Shoah, the Battle of Stalingrad, and the Terror Famine in the Ukraine. An Armenian Sketchbook, however, shows us a very different Grossman, notable for his tenderness, warmth, and sense of fun.
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After theÂ Soviet government confiscatedâ€”or, as Grossman always put it, â€œarrestedâ€â€”Life and Fate, he took on the task of revising a literal Russian translation of a long Armenian novel. The novel was of little interest to him, but he needed money and was evidently glad of an excuse to travel to Armenia. An Armenian Sketchbook is his account of the two months he spent there.
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This is by far the most personal and intimate of Grossmanâ€™s works, endowed with an air of absolute spontaneity, as though he is simply chatting to the reader about his impressions of Armeniaâ€”its mountains, its ancient churches, its peopleâ€”while also examining his own thoughts and moods. A wonderfully human account of travel to a faraway place, An Armenian Sketchbook also has the vivid appeal of a self-portrait.
Country USA
Brand New York Review of Books
Manufacturer NYRB Classics
Binding Paperback
Color Grey
ReleaseDate 2013-02-19
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781590176184

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