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From Publishers Weekly
Nothing makes a better case for comparing the executions of Turkey's Armenian population during WWI to those of Europe's Jews in WWII than Hitler's dictum ``After all, who now remembers the Armenians?'' Well, Marsden, for one. In his search for the Armenian diaspora, the English author of A Far Country: Travels in Ethiopia traveled through the Levant at the height of the Gulf War and through Eastern Europe after the fall of the Iron Curtain--17 countries in all. After visiting Armenian communities in Venice and Jerusalem, Marsden went to Beirut, long ``Armenia's unofficial capital-in-exile'' (that Beirut is a haven itself speaks volumes). The Armenian network in the Middle East proved enormously resourceful, helping Marsden across dangerous borders with uncanny efficiency. By contrast, the Eastern European Armenians were less cohesive--in part, no doubt, because many trace their exile to 1064 and because, as Christians in Christian countries, their integration was easier. There is much history here, added layer by layer, but Marsden's real strength is in his descriptions and in his willingness to put himself at the mercy of circumstances during a raw and tumultuous time.
From Library Journal
Originally published in England in 1993, this is the first American edition of a haunting book on the devastation of an ancient culture. After the 1915 genocide by the Turks, many of the remaining Armenians were scattered throughout the Middle East. Marsden, a British journalist, wanders through this Armenian diaspora, from the Armenian Quarter in Jerusalem to the former Soviet Republic of Armenia. In his search for the Armenian spirit, Marsden encounters Armenian descendants in a variety of situations with an abundance of stories and memories. A powerful introductory essay by Peter Sourian provides the historical and cultural background to Marsden's journeys, and the book is generously illustrated. As a personal memoir, this work is a worthy companion to Michael J. Arlen's Passage to Ararat (LJ 11/1/75) and complements David Marshall Lang's standard work, The Armenians: A People in Exile (Unwin Hyman, 1989). Recommended for public and academic libraries.
Thomas Karel, Franklin & Marshall Coll. Lib., Lancaster, Pa.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Nothing makes a better case for comparing the executions of Turkey's Armenian population during WWI to those of Europe's Jews in WWII than Hitler's dictum ``After all, who now remembers the Armenians?'' Well, Marsden, for one. In his search for the Armenian diaspora, the English author of A Far Country: Travels in Ethiopia traveled through the Levant at the height of the Gulf War and through Eastern Europe after the fall of the Iron Curtain--17 countries in all. After visiting Armenian communities in Venice and Jerusalem, Marsden went to Beirut, long ``Armenia's unofficial capital-in-exile'' (that Beirut is a haven itself speaks volumes). The Armenian network in the Middle East proved enormously resourceful, helping Marsden across dangerous borders with uncanny efficiency. By contrast, the Eastern European Armenians were less cohesive--in part, no doubt, because many trace their exile to 1064 and because, as Christians in Christian countries, their integration was easier. There is much history here, added layer by layer, but Marsden's real strength is in his descriptions and in his willingness to put himself at the mercy of circumstances during a raw and tumultuous time.
Copyright 1995 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Originally published in England in 1993, this is the first American edition of a haunting book on the devastation of an ancient culture. After the 1915 genocide by the Turks, many of the remaining Armenians were scattered throughout the Middle East. Marsden, a British journalist, wanders through this Armenian diaspora, from the Armenian Quarter in Jerusalem to the former Soviet Republic of Armenia. In his search for the Armenian spirit, Marsden encounters Armenian descendants in a variety of situations with an abundance of stories and memories. A powerful introductory essay by Peter Sourian provides the historical and cultural background to Marsden's journeys, and the book is generously illustrated. As a personal memoir, this work is a worthy companion to Michael J. Arlen's Passage to Ararat (LJ 11/1/75) and complements David Marshall Lang's standard work, The Armenians: A People in Exile (Unwin Hyman, 1989). Recommended for public and academic libraries.
Thomas Karel, Franklin & Marshall Coll. Lib., Lancaster, Pa.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- Accounting and Financial System Reform in Eastern Europe and Asia by Robert W. McGee on page 87, and Back Matter
- The Sabres of Paradise: Conquest and Vengeance in the Caucasus, Revised Edition by Lesley Blanch in Front Matter
- The Backpacker's Bible: Your Essential Guide to Round-the-World Travel (Backpacker's Bible: Your Essential Guide to Round-The-World Travel) by Suzanne King on page 190
- Armenia: At the Crossroads (Postcommunist States and Nations) by Joseph Masih in Back Matter