内容简介
OnApril24,1915,GrigorisBalakianwasarrestedalongwithsome250otherleadersofConstantinople’sArmeniancommunity.ItwasthebeginningoftheOttomanEmpire’ssystematicattempttoeliminatetheArmenianpeoplefromTurkey—acampaignthatcontinuedthroughWorldWarIandthefalloftheempire.Overthenextfouryears,Balakianwouldbearwitnesstoaseeminglyendlesscaravanofblood,survivingtorecounthismiraculousescapeandexposetheatrocitiesthatledtooveramilliondeaths.ArmenianGolgothaisBalakian’sdevastatingeyewitnessaccount—ahauntingreminderofthefirstmoderngenocideandacontroversialhistoricaldocumentthatisdestinedtobecomeaclassicofsurvivorliterature.
作者简介
Bornin1876,GrigorisBalakianwasoneoftheleadingArmenianintellectualsofhisgeneration.InOttomanTurkeyheattendedArmenianschoolsandseminary;andinGermanyhestudied,atdifferenttimes,engineeringandtheology.Hewasoneofthe250culturalleaders(intellectuals,clergy,teachers,andpoliticalandcommunityleaders)arrestedbytheTurkishgovernmentonthenightofApril24,1915,anddeportedtotheinterior.Unlikethevastmajorityofhisconationals,hesurvivednearlyfouryearsinthekillingfields.Ordainedasacelibatepriest(vartabed)in1901,helaterbecameabishopandprelateoftheArmenianApostolicChurchinsouthernFrance.Heistheauthorofvariousbooksandmonographs(someofthemlost)onArmeniancultureandhistory,includingTheRuinsofAni(1910)andArmenianGolgotha,volume1(1922)andvolume2(1959).HediedinMarseillesin1934.PeterBalakianistheauthorofTheBurningTigris:TheArmenianGenocideandAmerica’sResponse,winnerofthe2005RaphaelLemkinPrize,aNewYorkTimesbestseller,andaNewYorkTimesNotableBook;andofBlackDogofFate,winnerofthePEN/MarthaAlbrandAwardfortheArtofMemoir,alsoaNewYorkTimesNotableBook.GrigorisBalakianwashisgreat-uncle.,,,
