Black Dog of Fate

A Memoir

Author: Peter Balakian

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Black Dog of Fate : An American Son Uncovers His Armenian Past

The first-born son of his generation, Peter Balakian grew up in a close, extended family, sheltered by 1950s and '60s New Jersey suburbia and immersed in an all-American boyhood defined by rock 'n' roll, adolescent pranks, and a passion for the New York Yankees that he shared with his beloved grandmother. But beneath this sunny world lay the dark specter of the trauma his family and ancestors had experienced—the Turkish government's extermination of more than a million Armenians in 1915, including many of Balakian's relatives, in the century's first genocide. In elegant, moving prose, Black Dog of Fate charts Balakian's growth and personal awakening to the facts of his family's history and the horrifying aftermath of the Turkish government's continued campaign to cover up one of the worst crimes ever committed against humanity. In unearthing the secrets of a family's past and how they affect its present, "Black Dog of Fate gives fresh meaning to the story of what it means to be an American.

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Black Dog of Fate : An American Son Uncovers His Armenian Past

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In this tenth anniversary edition of his award-winning memoir, "New York Times" bestselling author Peter Balakian has expanded his compelling story about growing up in the baby-boom suburbs of the '50s and '60s and coming to understand what happened to his family in the first genocide of the twentieth century—the Ottoman Turkish government's extermination of more than one million Armenians in 1915.

In this new edition, Balakian continues his exploration of the Armenian Genocide with new chapters about his journey to Aleppo and his trip to the Der Zor desert of Syria in his pursuit of his grandmother's life, bringing us closer to the twentieth century's first genocide.

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Peter Balakian is the author of "Black Dog of Fate", winn

Peter Balakian is the author of "Black Dog of Fate", winner of the PEN/Martha Albrand Prize for Memoir and a "New Yorer of the PEN/Martha Albrand Prize for Memoir and a "New Yorer of the PEN/Martha Albrand Prize for Memoir and a "New Yorer of the PEN/Martha Albrand Prize for Memoir and a "New York Times" Notable Book, and "June-tree: New and Selected Poemk Times" Notable Book, and "June-tree: New and Selected Poemk T

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In this tenth anniversary edition of his award-winning memoir, New York Times bestselling author Peter Balakian has expanded his compelling story about growing up in the baby-boom suburbs of the '50s and '60s and coming to understand what happened to his family in the first genocide of the twentieth century,the Ottoman Turkish government's extermination of more than one million Armenians in 1915. In this new edition, Balakian continues his exploration of the Armenian Genocide with new chapters about his journey to Aleppo and his trip to the Der Zor desert of Syria in his pursuit of his grandmother's life, bringing us closer to the twentieth century's first genocide.