02457cam a22003853  4500001002100000010003400021010003100055010002600086010002300112035001900135090001500154099000900169100004100178101001300219102000700232105001800239106000600257200019300263210004700456215004100503225003500544300005600579330100700635410005101642454001401693607003201707608004201739700004901781702004701830702005001877702003501927801002801962801001701990995006402007FRBNF435809050000008  a9781590176184balkaline paper  a1590176189balkaline paper  a9781590176351be-book  a1590176359be-book  aOCoLC794366972  97286a7286  tLIVR  a20131018d2013    m  y0engy50      ba1 aengcrus  aUS  aa   z   00|y|  az1 aAn Armenian sketchbookbTexte impriméfVasily Grossmangtranslated from the Russian by Robert and Elizabeth Chandlergwith an introduction and notes by Robert Chandler and Yury Bit-Yunan  aNew YorkcNew York review booksdcop. 2013  axiv, 135 pagescillustrationsd21 cm  aNew York review books classics  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 125-135)  aFew writers had to confront so many of the last century's mass tragedies as Vasily Grossman. He is likely to be remembered, above all, for the terrifying clarity with which he writes about the Shoah, the Battle of Stalingrad and the Terror Famine in the Ukraine.

An Armenian Sketchbook, however, shows us a very different Grossman; it is notable for its warmth, its sense of fun and for the benign humility that is always to be found in his writing.

After the 'arrest' - as Grossman always put it - of Life and Fate, Grossman took on the task of editing a literal Russian translation of a lengthy Armenian novel. The novel was of little interest to him, but he was glad of an excuse to travel to Armenia. This is his account of the two months he spent there.

It is by far the most personal and intimate of Grossman's works, with an air of absolute spontaneity, as though Grossman is simply chatting to the reader about his impressions of Armenia - its mountains, its ancient churches and its people. 0037125846tNew York review books classicsd2013 1tDobro vam  311938503aArménie2rameau  311932731aRécits de voyages2rameau  312013579aGrossmanbVassili f1905-19644070  316717665aChandlerbRobertf1953-....4730  316717679aChandlerbElizabethf1947-....4730  316717688aBit-YunanbYury4080 3bOCoLCc201310182marc21 0bICU/DLCgrda  99180bMCADcMCADeSalle de lecturekTEM GRO 5.2013o5rLIVR