The book of whispers
Vosganian, Varujan2018
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The grandchild of Armenians who escaped widespread massacres during the Ottoman Empire a century ago, Varujan Vosganian grew up in Romania hearing firsthand accounts of those who had witnessed horrific killings, burned villages, and massive deportations. In this moving chronicle of the Armenian people's almost unimaginable tragedy, the author transforms true events into a work of fiction firmly grounded in survivor testimonies and historical documentation. Across Syrian desert refugee camps, Russian tundra, and Romanian villages, the book chronicles individual lives destroyed by ideological and authoritarian oppression. But this novel tells an even wider human story. Evocative of all the great sufferings that afflicted the 20th century-world wars, concentration camps, common graves, statelessness, and others - this book belongs to all peoples whose voices have been lost.
Main title:
The book of whispers / Varujan Vosganian ; translated by Alistair Ian Blyth.
Author:
Vosganian, Varujan, authorBlyth, Alistair Ian, translator
Imprint:
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2018.
Collation:
1 volume ; 23 cm.
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Notes:
Translated from the Romanian.
ISBN:
9780300223460 (hbk)
Dewey class:
859.335
LC class:
PC840.32.O74
Language:
EnglishRomanian
BRN:
2154627
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