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by S. Gefter (Illustrator), Joe Perrone Jr. (Author), Vahan Gregory (Author)
Lost in the midst of the violence of the First World War was a holocaust that differed from that of Hitler's only in its scale. The Turkish government let loose upon its own Armenian citizens its hordes of savage killers, recruited from its prisons, to perpetuate one of history's most barbaric slaughters upon a peaceful and progressive people, massacring a million and a half of its three million Armenian population. During Hitler's planning of the extermination of the Jews, he is quoted by history as saying, "After all, who speaks nowadays of the massacre of the Armenians?" Vahan Gregory's Sing the Long Sorrow penetrates the events of this historic nightmare, and tells a moving tale of perpetrator and victim.
Author Biography
Vahan Gregory is a noted playwright, sculptor, poet, and author of numerous books. His first novel, "Oh Boy, Here Comes Walt!" was dubbed "a minor classic!" by Robert Kirsch of the L.A. Times. Mr. Gregory's stories have been anthologized in Martha Foley's BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES and in two college texts. His poetry has appeared in many of the university quarterlies, while his hit play "AN I FOR AN I" (which ran a record 22 months in Los Angeles) resulted in his being picked BEST NEW PLAYWRIGHT OF THE YEAR with these words by critic Richard Mentzer: "Gregory stands on the threshold of an amazing career. He has a wonderful fresh talent and his works are in essence a gentle hymn to the simple goodness of man."
