Local writer Jerry M. Burger discusses his powerful novel, The Shadows of 1915. How long is the shadow of genocide, and how does it affect the offspring of the survivors? Set in Central California in 1953 where Armenian immigrants and their families live one generation removed from the 1915 murder of more than a million Armenians at the hands of the Turkish government, this novel addresses those questions and others. Jerry will be in conversation with Kimberly Ford.
Local writer Jerry M. Burger discusses his powerful novel, The Shadows of 1915. How long is the shadow of genocide, and how does it affect the offspring of the survivors? Set in Central California in 1953 where Armenian immigrants and their families live one generation removed from the 1915 murder of more than a million Armenians at the hands of the Turkish government, this novel addresses those questions and others. Jerry will be in conversation with Kimberly Ford.
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