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Black Dog of Fate - Peter Balakian

🚀 The Book in 3 Sentences A book about Armenians and Armenian genocide told from the perspective of a third generation Armenian immigrant in the USA Book is as much the story of the author himself as it is of Armenia It is not your primary reference book for the history of Armenian genocide, but it is very good to understand what were the real life impacts and struggles of the genocide and explusion of Armenian Christians from their homeland 🎨 Impressions It was haunting and depressing. Initially I was waiting for the part where this switches from an autobiography to the genocide and its aftermath. But when it started it didn’t take much time to become an unbearable roller coaster of death, destruction, torture and rape. It was too much. But I went through it anyway. Because it deserves to be heard. This story has stood in the dark for too long. Sufferings of the Armenians must come in sight of the world. I am sure that the barbaric forms of cruelty described in the book doe...