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The Angel Of Grozny: Orphans Of A Forgotten War (2007)

by Åsne Seierstad(Favorite Author)

4 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0465011225 (ISBN13: 9780465011223)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Basic Books

review 1: It may be effective for Errol Morris to allow his interviewees to gush unchecked and create a culpable subtext. This is a fine strategy - for him. It works well on film. Pages of raving do not make for persuasive or evocative prose. If the person in question is a young man leaning towards jihad or a Russian reactionary whose son has been imprisoned for a hate crime, it doesn't lead anywhere to have pages of stuttering conspiracy theories and gnashing hate speech.I couldn't tell if Angel of Grozny wanted to be journalism or a memoir. It was closer to the latter, though hobbled by overly creative writing and a sore lack of editing. Åsne Seierstad is likely a fine journalist, her perseverance at seeing first hand both wars in Chechnya is intrepid without question. As a Rus... moresian speaker, she was able to access personal elements well beyond a World Service broadcast. That may be the problem right there. These are stories, grounded in a nightmare but as interchangeable as those on any newscast. The trauma at the heart of this is extremely graphic and uncomfortable. There are simply better ways of approaching it.
review 2: تحكي معاناة الشعب الشيشاني مع الحرب وما خلّفته الحرب أيضاً من ضيع ومداهمات واعتقالات للشباب ، تتكلم عن غروزني الجريحة كيف أنها أصبح سُكانها نساء وشيوخ وأطفال وقلة قليلة من الشباب !قرأتها في ثلاث أيام مُتتالية .. كانت تستحق فعلاً . less

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