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Black Dog of Fate: A Memoir Paperback - 2009
by Balakian, Peter
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A prize-winning poet explores the Armenian past that haunted his family's American identity--dark secrets marked by the Turkish government's extermination of more than a million Armenians in 1915.
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- Title Black Dog of Fate: A Memoir
- Author Balakian, Peter
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Revised Edition
- Condition New
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Basic Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 2009-02-10
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Maps, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 52GZZZ009J2P_ns
- ISBN 9780465010196 / 0465010199
- Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
- Dimensions 8.2 x 5.4 x 1.1 in (20.83 x 13.72 x 2.79 cm)
- Reading level 1170
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Eastern Europe
- Sex & Gender: Masculine
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Armenian massacres, 1915-1923, Poets, American - 20th century - Family
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008035873
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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The first-born son of his generation, Peter Balakian grew up in a close, extended family, sheltered by 1950s and '60s New Jersey suburbia and immersed in an all-American boyhood defined by rock 'n' roll, adolescent pranks, and a passion for the New York Yankees that he shared with his beloved grandmother. But beneath this sunny world lay the dark specter of the trauma his family and ancestors had experienced--the Turkish government's extermination of more than a million Armenians in 1915, including many of Balakian's relatives, in the century's first genocide.
In elegant, moving prose, Black Dog of Fate charts Balakian's growth and personal awakening to the facts of his family's history and the horrifying aftermath of the Turkish government's continued campaign to cover up one of the worst crimes ever committed against humanity. In unearthing the secrets of a family's past and how they affect its present, "Black Dog of Fate gives fresh meaning to the story of what it means to be an American.
In elegant, moving prose, Black Dog of Fate charts Balakian's growth and personal awakening to the facts of his family's history and the horrifying aftermath of the Turkish government's continued campaign to cover up one of the worst crimes ever committed against humanity. In unearthing the secrets of a family's past and how they affect its present, "Black Dog of Fate gives fresh meaning to the story of what it means to be an American.