I‘m really struggling with this one and it is 100% me and not the book. I read The Ravine first, and I am still caught up on the BEAUTIFUL work of scholarship that is, that this just isn‘t hitting for me. To be honest, he‘s doing really intriguing and unique scholarship as well, but the scholarship is not his point (and I‘m really wishing it was). His scholarship literally couldn‘t be done today, so my desire for more info is that much stronger.
GingerAntics If you are into scholarship/scholarly history, read this one FIRST, then![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
The Ravine: A Family, a Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre Revealed 2h
The Ravine: A Family, a Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre RevealedGingerAntics #FatherPatrickDesbois #TheHolocaustOfBullets #audiobook 2h
GingerAntics His unique angle that couldn‘t be pulled off today is that he‘s taking Russian documents released after the fall of the iron curtain (that thus have credibility issues) and pairing them with firsthand accounts 50 years on (which have credibility issues of their own). Together, they fix each other‘s credibility issues to tell this story from a unique perspective. Obviously, the KGB/Putin aren‘t exactly welcoming scholars into their boarders ATM. (edited) 2h
GingerAntics No one could write this book now. No one could go on his journey today (for a multitude of reasons), so I want to know all about it. Unfortunately, that‘s not what this book is about. This is almost his travel log (both through Ukraine and his own childhood during WWII in France). That in itself is an interesting story. It‘s just that following The Ravine, I don‘t care about how he became a priest or his travel issues. 2h
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