An Armenian Sketchbook Vasily Grossman by Vasily Grossman 9781590176351, 1590176359 instant download after payment.

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After the "arrest"--as Grossman always put it--of Life and Fate, he took on the task of editing 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...