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My favorite Armenian writer of all time is Hovhannes Tumanyan (Հովհաննես Թումանյան). :) He's the best.
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Zara jan, he is my favorite too - but, have you noticed that in all of his stories, someone must die!!!

 

Well, that's his writing style. He wrote tragedies (for the most part). I also like his poems. :)

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Zara jan, do you like Gurgen Mahari?

 

My dad tells me that his works are really good but I haven't gotten to reading them yet. I really want to read Burning Gardens.

 

I need to find a really good place to buy Armenian books though. The only Armenian books I have are the ones in my home (the ones we came with and the ones my grandparents bought from Armenia on their last trip).

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For you book lovers, I especially recommend the classics -

 

The Brothers Karamazov (Dostoevsky)

Crime & Punishment (also Dostoevsky)

War & Peace (Tolstoy)

Anna Karenina (also Tolstoy)

Thornbirds (Colleen McCullough)

Lolita (Nabokov)

The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

 

I could go on forever but those are my all-time favorites that I have read in both English and Russian. Amazing novels!

Reading a few of your suggestions, I just started One Hundred Years of Solitude; so thanks! ;)

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My dad tells me that his works are really good but I haven't gotten to reading them yet. I really want to read Burning Gardens.

 

G.M. Goshgarian translated this passage from Gurgen Mahari’s Burning Gardens. Mahari’s novel was first published in 1966 in Soviet Armenia, where it was officially condemned and burned in public. Yet even that first edition frequently departs from the original manuscript. This translation is based on the author’s original manuscript.

This is one of several passages from Mahari's novel that appear in Writers of Disaster.

 

I am including this small article so download it and read it, it is pages 542-545 of the origina manuscript.

 

This will inspire you more to get the book even if it under the mountain Ararat!!!

 

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Zara jan, another masterpiece to read is Burnind Orchards - Ayrvogh Aygestanner by Gurgen Mahari... this one is the best!!! I going to open a new topic for Gurgen Mahari, and include all of my findings in there!!!
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Thanks Ash. :)

 

I was thinking...there was this book I read when I was younger (maybe when I was 14 or so). It's a genocide book (a story of how someone survived and came to America). It's Forgotten Fire by Adam Bagdasarian.

 

It's in English but...that didn't make much of a difference (at least not for me). It's a very blunt view of what happened through the eyes of a child and, obviously, it's very sad.

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Ya I kinda read it, but it was more of a confusion for me, some people are not ment to be writers, but then again, Adam was writing what he remembered, so basically it should be more of a confusion... I strongly suggest for you to read Buring Orchards - Ayrvogh Aygestanner... Gurgen mahari has his own style of writing, and not ment to confuse us... it will be one of the best books to be read - get your hands on it, try to find it in Amazon.com, or Yahoo.com, or even E-bay.com!!!
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"I had not set foot beyond our garden wall in six months and was not prepared for what I saw. The street was deserted as far as the eye could see, and there was a silence I had never heard before on any street. Through open windows and half-open doors there was no sign of life, only gates waiting to be closed, walkways waiting to be swept."

 

This are sentences by Adam, his explanations sure confuses me a lot!!!

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To resound what Nairi said above in reference to Armenian books and why we should not neglect rather read them since we are Armenians and a good many of our books are indeed treasures to read them. Not only I'm in agreement with her statement, but I'd like to mention below more Armenian books that I have read and enjoyed readig them and I highly recommend it.

 

"Zhoghovadsu Yergeri" by Avedis Aharonian

 

"Espitak Tsiavore" by Hamastegh

 

"Arti Hay Kraganoutyun" by Mushegh Ishxan

 

"Amenoun Darekirke" by Garo Kevorkian

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Here are more books that I recommend. In English and in Armenian.

 

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

 

"Հայ Կնոջ Դերը Հայ Յեղափոխական Շարժման մէջ", Սոնա Զեյթլեան

 

"Մուսա Լերան Ժողովրդական Հեքիաթներ", Սոնա Զեյթլեան

 

"Բոլշեւիզմը Եւ Դաշնակցութիւնը, Վահան Նավասարդեան

 

 

 

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THE ARMENIAD.

VISIBLE PAGES OF HISTORY

by Boris Baratov

 

Description

This richly illustrated volume (600 color illustrations) offers a panorama of the civilization of ancient Armenia. The literary portion of ‘The Armeniad’ is based on the works of Armenian historians and on the latest research of a number of European scholars. It tells of the principal stages in the formation of the Armenian identity and the Armenian civilization in the mountainous basin of Lake Van, and in the Ararat and Mush Valleys from the 4th—3rd millennia onwards.

 

The reader will be able to obtain an impression of a civilization which has traveled in parallel with the great cultures of Sumer, Assyria, the Hittite kingdom, Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome and Byzantium. In leafing through the pages of this book, the reader will learn of important 19th- and 20th-century archaeological research into Asia Minor, which uncovered the ‘visible pages’ of the ancient past to an astounded world. It is in examining the past that our contemporary world is able to gain a glimpse into its future.

 

Reviews

'The Armeniad' Makes History Visible, Beautiful

"The Armeniad is truly unique. The reader will see the ruins of the ancient Armenian capital of Tigranakert, the maritime fortresses and the mountain castles of Cilician Armenia, the panorama of the city of Van in 1916, compared with how it looks today and much more..." -- The Armenian Weekly, June 24, 2006

 

"It is one of the best books ever published about the Armenians." -- Berj Dersahakian, Berjbookstore, Glendale, CA

 

“The Armeniad” (Linguist Publishers, Moscow. 2005) is sumptuous in both content and form and is in many ways a unique volume. Its subheading - “Visible pages of history” – gives a hint of the scope of the author’s incredible work, which in its size and depth would do credit to the research team of a whole university…

 

"The majesty of the form, the encyclopaedic nature of the content, the mastery of the photography and the exquisite taste combined in Boris Baratov’s unprecedented work show his unbiased devotion and respect for the Armenian people and their culture." -- Voice of Armenia” newspaper, 5th September, 2006

 

“The Armeniad”, an exquisite volume, which recounts the history of Armenian civilization, is a unique gift for the 15th Anniversary of Armenian independence." -- Republic of Armenia” newspaper, 15th September, 2006

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THE ARMENIAD.

VISIBLE PAGES OF HISTORY

by Boris Baratov

 

Description

This richly illustrated volume (600 color illustrations) offers a panorama of the civilization of ancient Armenia. The literary portion of ‘The Armeniad’ is based on the works of Armenian historians and on the latest research of a number of European scholars. It tells of the principal stages in the formation of the Armenian identity and the Armenian civilization in the mountainous basin of Lake Van, and in the Ararat and Mush Valleys from the 4th—3rd millennia onwards.

 

The reader will be able to obtain an impression of a civilization which has traveled in parallel with the great cultures of Sumer, Assyria, the Hittite kingdom, Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome and Byzantium. In leafing through the pages of this book, the reader will learn of important 19th- and 20th-century archaeological research into Asia Minor, which uncovered the ‘visible pages’ of the ancient past to an astounded world. It is in examining the past that our contemporary world is able to gain a glimpse into its future.

 

Reviews

'The Armeniad' Makes History Visible, Beautiful

"The Armeniad is truly unique. The reader will see the ruins of the ancient Armenian capital of Tigranakert, the maritime fortresses and the mountain castles of Cilician Armenia, the panorama of the city of Van in 1916, compared with how it looks today and much more..." -- The Armenian Weekly, June 24, 2006

 

"It is one of the best books ever published about the Armenians." -- Berj Dersahakian, Berjbookstore, Glendale, CA

 

“The Armeniad” (Linguist Publishers, Moscow. 2005) is sumptuous in both content and form and is in many ways a unique volume. Its subheading - “Visible pages of history” – gives a hint of the scope of the author’s incredible work, which in its size and depth would do credit to the research team of a whole university…

 

"The majesty of the form, the encyclopaedic nature of the content, the mastery of the photography and the exquisite taste combined in Boris Baratov’s unprecedented work show his unbiased devotion and respect for the Armenian people and their culture." -- Voice of Armenia” newspaper, 5th September, 2006

 

“The Armeniad”, an exquisite volume, which recounts the history of Armenian civilization, is a unique gift for the 15th Anniversary of Armenian independence." -- Republic of Armenia” newspaper, 15th September, 2006

 

Wow $170 I wonder how much does it cost in Armenia.

 

I just remembered another good book.

" To Kill a MockingBird" by Harper Lee. Interesting story about racism.

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Crime and Punishment - F. Dostoyevski

 

I want to read this book. how is it?

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I want to read this book. how is it?

 

It gets deep into the mind of the character. And how he becomes a killer, and how he deals with himself after. The plot is very thick, there are several important characters and many things going on at one time.

 

It does have many sad moments and overall it is a sad story. alot of depression, anxiety and guilt is expressed in the characters.

 

Its a great book, If you have the time you should definetely read it.

 

Make sure you get the right version of it, Dostoyevksi wrote all his books in Russian, there are some translations in English that dont do justice to his original work.

I dont have the book by me, when I do Ill post which one I read.

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It gets deep into the mind of the character. And how he becomes a killer, and how he deals with himself after. The plot is very thick, there are several important characters and many things going on at one time.

 

It does have many sad moments and overall it is a sad story. alot of depression, anxiety and guilt is expressed in the characters.

 

Its a great book, If you have the time you should definetely read it.

 

Make sure you get the right version of it, Dostoyevksi wrote all his books in Russian, there are some translations in English that dont do justice to his original work.

I dont have the book by me, when I do Ill post which one I read.

 

Cool. Thanks.

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