Ghosts of the Genocide

Description

Ghosts of the Genocide is a memoir which explores questions of identity, primarily as it relates to being an Armenian-American, and his Assyrian-American heritage as well. The essential thread throughout is “What does it mean to be Armenian?” As such the author goes far afield, as far back as Thaddeus and Bartholomew, who are believed to have brought Christianity to Armenia. Folk tales, music, dance, food, history, multiple generations of family stories, visits to Turkey and Armenia all presented as potential parts of the answer. And present at varying degrees, from a distance of over 100 years, the ghosts of the Genocide.