The Gendarme
To most people, Emmett Conn is a confused old World War I veteran, fading in and out of senility. But in his mind, Emmett is haunted by events he'd long forgotten. In his dreams, he's a gendarme, a soldier marching Armenians out of Turkey. He commits unspeakable acts. Yet he feels compelled to...
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To most people, Emmett Conn is a confused old World War I veteran, fading in and out of senility. But in his mind, Emmett is haunted by events he'd long forgotten. In his dreams, he's a gendarme, a soldier marching Armenians out of Turkey. He commits unspeakable acts. Yet he feels compelled to spare one remarkable woman: Araxie, the girl with the piercing eyes-one green, o
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ASIN: B003YL4AFS
Pages no: 307
Edition language: English
It's not a bad book. It's a popular book, popular fiction, ( and I don't mean that in a bad way), and as such it makes an act of history, the Armenian Genocide, accessible to people who don't know much or anything about it.On one level, the novel functions as a mystery of one man's mind. Is what Emm...
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