My Grandmother
An Armenian-Turkish Memoir
«The author's acute sensibility and ear for detail set this account apart ... two brave voices ring through this book: hers and her grandmother's.»
New Internationalist
As a child in Turkey, Fethiye Cetin knew her grandmother as a happy and well respected Muslim housewife. Decades later, her grandmother revealed the truth: she was by birth a Christian Armenian, and most of the men in the village where she grew up were slaughtered in 1915. Les mer
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As a child in Turkey, Fethiye Cetin knew her grandmother as a happy and well respected Muslim housewife. Decades later, her grandmother revealed the truth: she was by birth a Christian Armenian, and most of the men in the village where she grew up were slaughtered in 1915. In this heartwrenching memoir, Cetin tells a powerful story that breaks the silence surrounding the Armenian genocide.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Verso Books
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 128
- ISBN
- 9781844678679
- Utgivelsesår
- 2012
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
Anmeldelser
«The author's acute sensibility and ear for detail set this account apart ... two brave voices ring through this book: hers and her grandmother's.»
New Internationalist
«A compelling and beautifully written account of family stories and secrets, and a heartfelt call to peace and harmony.»
Elif Shafak
«My Grandmother ... refuses to be sidetracked by the issues it raises: it is a tribute to the woman, an expression of shared pain, and a plea for reconciliation. That it was a bestseller in Turkey should tell you something.»
Guardian
«Sober and heartbreaking.»
Financial Times
«This is a story that cries out to be told.»
Tribune
«Gripping and thought-provoking ... Spare and elegant ... This moving testimony transcend politics and brings the Armenian tragedy to life with tenderness as well as sadness.»
Independent
«A striking memoir.»
Irish Times