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
Author	Vasily Grossman
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781590176351
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	NYRB Classics
Manufacturer	NYRB Classics
NumberOfPages	160
PublicationDate	2013-02-19
Publisher	NYRB Classics
ReleaseDate	2013-02-19
Studio	NYRB Classics

An Armenian Sketchbook (New York Review Books Classics)

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