{"product_id":"an-armenian-sketchbook-9781590176184","title":"An Armenian Sketchbook","description":"An NYRB Classics Original \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFew 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. \u003ci\u003eAn Armenian Sketchbook\u003c\/i\u003e, however, shows us a very different Grossman, notable for his tenderness, warmth, and sense of fun. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter the Soviet government confiscated--or, as Grossman always put it, \"arrested\"--\u003ci\u003eLife and Fate\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003ci\u003eAn Armenian Sketchbook\u003c\/i\u003e is his account of the two months he spent there. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis 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, \u003ci\u003eAn Armenian Sketchbook\u003c\/i\u003e also has the vivid appeal of a self-portrait.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/19\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590176184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.03h x 5.24w x 0.46d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/02\/2013 pg. 25\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vasily Grossman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36660817461404,"sku":"9781590176184","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_808ecf92-bc04-49c9-977b-9e7a461bd815.jpg?v=1603897612","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/an-armenian-sketchbook-9781590176184","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}