[Yale-readings] 10-15: Reading by Margaret Ajemian Anhert

[Kuhl, Nancy]

Margaret Ajemian Anhert

Reading from her memoir:

 The Knock at the Door: A Journey through the Darkness of the Armenian Genocide

Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 4:30 pm

Lecture Hall

The Thomas E. Golden, Jr. Center at

Saint Thomas More Chapel at Yale University

268 Park St.

New Haven, CT



"This personal, homespun account of an American of Armenian descent interweaves two narratives in alternating chapters: Anhert's mother Ester's firsthand description of coming of age during, and miraculously surviving, the Turkish-sponsored Armenian genocide of 1915, and the middle-aged author's own tender yet urgent reflections on her connection to the distant world of her 98 year old mother. Ester's formidable personality, humor and abiding religious faith pervade Ahner'ts debut, while the latter's fluid transcription of Ester's story provdes a frank and seering testimony, as well as a vivid depiction of Armenian village life. While Ahnert's oral history doesn't offer a rigorous historical account or analysis of the systematic slaughter...its force lies in the interplay between the narratives of mother and daughter."

-editor's review, Publisher's Weekly

 Rev. Peter J. Walsh, CSC
Assistant Chaplain
Saint Thomas More, the Catholic Chapel and Center at Yale
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New Haven, CT 06511
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