Adam Bagdasarian's Forgotten Fire is a novel of character and authority, recounting a tragic and often overlooked human catastrophe as seen through the eyes of a young person. Written in a direct, unblinking and unsentimental prose, the book carries us through a landscape of terrible brutality, but leave us feeling that life is affirmed. This is a novel of courage and spirit.
Author Adam Bagdasarian's novel Forgotten Fire recalls the horrors of the Armenian holocaust in Turkey that began in 1915. Based on the life of Bagdasarian's great-uncle, Forgotten Fire recounts the struggle for survival of Vahan Kenderian, a 12-year-old Armenian boy. Included: Ideas for using Forgotten Fire in the classroom.
That is the story of Forgotten Fire, by Adam Bagdasarian. The novel relates the experiences of Vahan Kenderian, an Armenian boy displaced by the Armenian genocide that took place in Turkey from 1915 to 1923. A tape of a great-uncle's boyhood memories prompted Bagdasarian to write this gripping young-adult novel.
Brutally vivid, Adam Bagdasarian's Forgotten Fire is based on the experiences of his great-uncle during the Armenian Holocaust. The absolutely relentless series of vile events is almost unbearable, but the quiet elegance of Bagdasarian's writing makes this a novel of truth and beauty. Parental guidance is strongly suggested for younger readers of this extraordinary, heartbreaking account. (Ages 14 and older) --Emilie Coulter (retrieved from Amazon Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:14:45 -0400)
