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The best book in English about one of the world's most brutal and under-reported conflicts ... a fascinating, if often horrifying, read (Christina Lamb, Sunday Times )
Invaluable ... she has a real eye for detail and the human heart of a story (Observer )
Touching stories of loss, survival and bravery ... an invaluable account of the stormy conflicts that have blighted the area for centuries (Time Out )
Impossible to ignore ... [An] important book (Guardian )
Invaluable ... she has a real eye for detail and the human heart of a story (Observer )
Touching stories of loss, survival and bravery ... an invaluable account of the stormy conflicts that have blighted the area for centuries (Time Out )
Impossible to ignore ... [An] important book (Guardian )
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* 'I devoured this in a few hours - a powerful book of heartbreaking yet flamboyant reportage from a forgotten hell' Simon Sebag-Montefiore
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It's refreshing to come across a book written by an author from another country/culture ( outside of the usual Anglo-American fraternity ) about a someplace else that does not feature in our daily discourse, yet reads effortlessly when rendered into English. Seierstad brings Grozny alive, adding bold brushstrokes of colour to the otherwise monochrome, monolithic vision many of us hitherto had of modern Russia. For me, the focus of the story was not the eponymous Angel, rather Grozny itself and crucially, Seierstad's interaction with it and its suffocating bear of a brother. I heard her speak at the Hay Festival a couple of years ago, and she struck me as intelligent, brave and sincere. If I were to pick fault, and I were to put my super-ultra-unfairly-cynical hat on, maybe the story is a little too much a vehicle for Seierstad herself.
There are some shocking and upsetting incidents described, so be warned. Indeed, if i remember correctly the opening is uber-Dickensian in its depictions.
If I could, I'd give the book a 4.5.
There are some shocking and upsetting incidents described, so be warned. Indeed, if i remember correctly the opening is uber-Dickensian in its depictions.
If I could, I'd give the book a 4.5.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book brings into sharp focus the human condition; the fact that we are capable of the very best and, unfortunately, the very, very worst. It is an easy to digest, and very stark, reflection of a conflict brought about not only by the Great Mother Russia, but by a society that is so battered and traumatised that it is consuming itself.
Caught in the middle of the conflict, fuelled by the self interest of both the Russian Federation and Chechnyan Mafiosi, are survivors desperately trying to hang on to their humanity. Their everyday lives are beyond bleak but the author's often fleeting relationships with the ordinary, in the loosest sense of the term, people of Grozny does at least demonstrate that, even when all hope is lost, people do survive.
It is easy to read this book and lose a sense of reality, to forget that this isn't a fiction about boys killing dogs but about the violent transference of their very real suffering into an abhorent acts. The Angel herself is a voice in the wilderness, one of many trying to make sense of the conflict and oppression. Saving others seems to be the only way that she has of saving herself.
An excellent, but sometimes uncomfortable, read which will hopefully make the reader consider how lucky some of us are, but wonder how it is that some of us can treat one another in such appalling ways.
Caught in the middle of the conflict, fuelled by the self interest of both the Russian Federation and Chechnyan Mafiosi, are survivors desperately trying to hang on to their humanity. Their everyday lives are beyond bleak but the author's often fleeting relationships with the ordinary, in the loosest sense of the term, people of Grozny does at least demonstrate that, even when all hope is lost, people do survive.
It is easy to read this book and lose a sense of reality, to forget that this isn't a fiction about boys killing dogs but about the violent transference of their very real suffering into an abhorent acts. The Angel herself is a voice in the wilderness, one of many trying to make sense of the conflict and oppression. Saving others seems to be the only way that she has of saving herself.
An excellent, but sometimes uncomfortable, read which will hopefully make the reader consider how lucky some of us are, but wonder how it is that some of us can treat one another in such appalling ways.
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Once again it all boils down to oil and greed....so who cares who's in the way? Another genocide of modern times, one in which history will reflect upon as a tragedy which no one wanted to talk about.
Asne as always does a great job of making you connect to these people of whom she writes of...an exellent, harrowing read..highly recomended and at a great price on Amazon compared to the High Street.
Asne as always does a great job of making you connect to these people of whom she writes of...an exellent, harrowing read..highly recomended and at a great price on Amazon compared to the High Street.
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The Angle of Grozny
This book is not bed time reading,very detail and feels as if your were on the same journey as Asne Seierstad.Love her books.
Published 15 months ago by stafford
A powerful read, you can't fail to be moved by this book.
I really 'enjoyed' this book, enjoyed has to be in inverted commas due to the nature & content of the book. It really brings home to the reader both the good & bad of human nature. Read more
Published 18 months ago by James Brook
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