The Armenian Odar Reads… Black Dog of Fate

On the occasion of the 93rd Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, The Armenian Odar reviews Peter Balakian’s Black Dog of Fate. Although the book has been around for some time, the review is quite timely given yesterday and is an interesting account of not just the Armenian Genocide, but also its effect on a member of an immigrant community in the United States.

This was a book that I had wanted to read for years, but couldn’t find anywhere in Dutch bookstores (we are talking pre-Amazon here). So when last year I stumble across a copy in the one decent English language bookstore in Yerevan, I grabbed it. I am glad I did. I loved the book, it is extremely well written, it kept my attention just as much this second time around (I first read it last summer after I bought it).

I highly recommend Black Dog of Fate to anyone interested in Armenia and in immigrant life in the US. Especially for those who don’t know much about the Armenian Genocide, this book makes a very good introduction.