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Bombardirovka
Ebook By Crystal Allene CookRating:
(4.5) Published: May. 30, 2009
Category: Fiction » Literature » Literary
Words: 122103 (approximate)
Language: English
Ebook Description
Journalist Jada Perlmutter becomes the story she seeks as she travels from Soviet Moscow to the mountainous "South" where her lover Vahan plans to take up being a guerrilla fighter in a new breakaway state. Injured, Jada is transported back to Moscow. Years later, in NYC, the taste of ash in her mouth sends Jada back to the Caucasus to conclude the story she left unfinished.Tags
1991, afghanistan, amputation, amputee, armenia, azerbaijan, caucasus, drug dealers, female journalist, gulf war, gulf war syndrome, gulf war vets, hemipelvectomy, journalist, karabakh, kids of vietnam vets, morphine addicts, moscow, narrative, russia, second person, soviet union, soviet vets of afghanistan, stepanakert, stringing, tazewell, tbilisi, third person, third person plural, veterans, vietnam vets, virginia, voice, war, warfare, writing, yerevanAvailable Ebook reading formats:
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Log-in to write a Review Log-in to add a Video ReviewReview by: timo on Oct. 31, 2009 : (no rating)
I wish this book was 5 times bigger!! It was a great read--one of my favorites. I put it off to finish reading a classic (The Great Gatsby) which seems irrelevant in today's world after reading this incredibly poignant book by Crystal Allene Cook.
Review by: G S on Jun. 12, 2009 : (no rating)
Very good read - hard to put down. Crystal has come into her own as a writer. I loved the ending which is rare for me. I highly recommend this book. If you know nothing about the area of the world or the politics that the book is about, then as a bonus, it is educational as well as entertaining.
Review by: East Coast on Jun. 01, 2009 :
I had written a much longer review and then it got eaten here. So, warning! Unless you sign in, your review will disappear.
Probably better anyway. Now my review will be short and sweet. I dig this book. I let my friends know I dig it. I am probably a little biased as I have read short stories of Crystal's and really liked those. The same great intelligence, love of story, interesting characters, strangeness of place, and emphasis on dynamics between people is also present in this. So go read it now!
Review by: Anna Bauldry on Jun. 01, 2009 :
I got a preview copy of this last fall at the event that went with it. In that version some of the formatting errors and copy editing things were a drawback, but it looks like that has been cleaned up here. I still love the painting on the front though!
When I started reading this I couldn't put it down. I don't know anything about that area of the world and it didn't make any difference. I went along for the ride. The book is a good, solid story. There are a lot of themes, but they didn't get unwieldy. A few scenes still stick with me all these months later. I definitely recommend reading it.