An Armenian Sketchbook Contributor(s): Grossman, Vasily (Author), Chandler, Robert (Introduction by), Chandler, Robert (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1590176189 ISBN-13: 9781590176184 Publisher: New York Review of Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: February 2013 Click for more in this series: New York Review Books Classics |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Travel | Essays & Travelogues - Travel | Europe - Eastern - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union |
Dewey: 891.734 |
LCCN: 2012039197 |
Series: New York Review Books Classics |
Physical Information: 0.46" H x 5.24" W x 8.03" L (0.40 lbs) 160 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Russia |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents |
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2012 New York Times Book Review 06/02/2013 pg. 25 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: An NYRB Classics Original Few writers had to confront as many of the last century'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. After the Soviet government confiscated--or, as Grossman always put it, "arrested"--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. This is by far the most personal and intimate of Grossman's works, endowed with an air of absolute spontaneity, as though he is simply chatting to the reader about his impressions of Armenia--its mountains, its ancient churches, its people--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. |
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