Garbage Truck 1970

By Levon Gyulkhasyan

Garbage Truck 1970

A vivid, one-day journey through the streets-and secrets-of Soviet Armenia.

Set in the heart of 1970s Soviet Armenia, Garbage Truck 1970 follows a curious young man who becomes fascinated with the inner workings of a garbage truck. What starts as a day of mechanical curiosity turns into something far deeper-a ride through the undercurrents of a society living in the shadow of repression.

As the garbage truck winds its way through Yerevan, the driver-once a university student, now marked as the relative of a political enemy-begins to tell stories. Stories of his grandfather's idealistic move from Boston to Armenia. Of the brutal reality of Stalin's Gulag. Of lost dreams, forbidden music, censored books, and quiet resistance. Together, they capture the dissonance of a generation trying to reconcile Led Zeppelin with Lenin, freedom with fear, and Western influence with Soviet control.

This richly illustrated book features Armenian-language dialogue with English subtitles, immersing the reader in the sights, sounds, and contradictions of everyday life in the USSR. It's not just a story about garbage trucks-it's about the people who lived in a system designed to crush individuality, and the quiet acts of rebellion that kept hope alive.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FK5P8B61
• ISBN13: 9798294012045
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.5" x 9.3"