Armen Anush's world came tumbling down in 1915, when the Turkish government reported and subsequently massacred the Armenian population of his native Urfa, as part of a larger plan to exterminate the Armenian people. In Passage through Hell: A Memoir, the author recounts the horrors of the genocide and its psychological impact on the survivors. In vivid, documentary detail and a style at once poetic and profoundly compassionate, Armen Anush tells a story of irreplaceable loss and, ultimately, life-affirming transformation.
