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    PAPERBACK, ARMENIAN VERSION OF 'FAMILY OF SHADOWS' TO BE RELEASED

    asbarez
    Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

    The Armenian version of Family of Shadows

    NEW YORK-The publishing house HarperCollins has announced the
    paperback release of Garin K. Hovannisian's Family of Shadows:
    A Century of Murder, Memory, and the Armenian American Dream, the
    dramatic history of the Hovannisian family: Kaspar-the survivor of
    genocide and soldier of General Antranig; Richard-the historian and
    pioneer of Armenian Studies; and Raffi-the repatriate citizen and
    first foreign minister of independent Armenia.

    The new edition is available on Amazon and at bookstores nationwide.

    The book, which has accompanied its author on a year-long tour across
    the United States and Canada, has received strong critical praise.

    "Hovannisian brings a historian's rigor, a poet's lyricism, and a
    native son's passion to this remarkable book," wrote Samuel G.

    Freedman, columnist for the New York Times. David Ignatius of the
    Washington Post called it "one of modern history's great unexamined
    stories." For more information, visit www.familyofshadows.com.

    Family of Shadows has also been translated into the Armenian language
    by Samvel Lazarian-the editor and translator most recently of James
    Joyce's Ulysses. The translation, titled Gerdastan Stverats, was
    unveiled on September 6, 2011, at the Yeghishe Charents House Museum
    in Yerevan. "It draws you from page to page with a magnetic force,"
    remarked Levon Ananyan, president of the Writers' Union of Armenia,
    on the occasion of the release.

    Three generations of Hovannisians: Garin, Raffi and Richard (photo
    by Ara Oshagan)

    The Armenian edition is now available at major bookstores in Yerevan
    and at Abril, Berj, and Sardarabad bookstores based in Los Angeles.

    All proceeds will be donated to Orran, a non-profit benevolent
    organization founded by Raffi and Armine Hovannisian, which supports
    needy children and elderly in Armenia.

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