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Armenian Genocide novel named as Amazon's best book of April
10:42 * 04.04.15
The Armenian Genocide novel, Orhan's Inheritance, by Aline Ohanesian
has been chosen as Amazon's Best Book of the Month for April 2015,
listed alongside literary giants like Toni Morrison.
The book has also been selected by the independent bookselling
community as the #1 Indie Next pick for April and by Barnes & Noble
for their Discover Great New Voices program for Summer 2015, the
Armenian Weekly reports.
Algonquin Books is thrilled by the reception for this debut novel, and
especially at how an Armenian Genocide novel will be front and center
in every bookstore in the county. National media attention is
forthcoming in the New York Times Book Review, Elle, Entertainment
Weekly, National Public Radio, and much more.
Ohanesian will be launching her national book tour on April 7 at 7:30
pm Skylight Books in Los Angeles. The general public is welcome to
attend. Ohanesian will continue on to 15 additional stops around the
country as part of her national book tour.
Ohanesian was a finalist for the prestigious PEN/Bellwether Award for
Socially Engaged Fiction founded by Barbara Kingsolver. A descendant
of genocide survivors, Ohanesian spent six years researching the
novel, and even traveled to the region of the Ottoman Empire, known as
Sepastia to Armenians and Sivas to Turks, where story takes place.
Not only is Orhan's Inheritance a profoundly moving and beautiful
story, but it also gives voice to millions of silent victims and a
forgotten part of history. When Orhan Turkoglu's grandfather passes
away, he returns to the village of Karod, Sivas for the funeral, only
to discover that his grandfather left the family home to a total
stranger, Seda Melkonian, in a Los Angeles nursing home. Left with
only Kemal's ancient sketchbook and intent on righting this injustice,
Orhan boards a plane to Los Angeles. There he will not only unearth
the story that Seda so closely guards but discovers that Seda's past
now threatens to unravel his future. Her story, if told, has the power
to forever change the way Orhan sees himself, his family, and his
country. Moving back and forth in time, between the last years of the
Ottoman Empire and the1990's, Orhan's Inheritance is a story of
passionate love, unspeakable horrors, incredible resilience, and the
hidden stories that can haunt a family for generations.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/04/04/orphan-inheritance/1637163
10:42 * 04.04.15
The Armenian Genocide novel, Orhan's Inheritance, by Aline Ohanesian
has been chosen as Amazon's Best Book of the Month for April 2015,
listed alongside literary giants like Toni Morrison.
The book has also been selected by the independent bookselling
community as the #1 Indie Next pick for April and by Barnes & Noble
for their Discover Great New Voices program for Summer 2015, the
Armenian Weekly reports.
Algonquin Books is thrilled by the reception for this debut novel, and
especially at how an Armenian Genocide novel will be front and center
in every bookstore in the county. National media attention is
forthcoming in the New York Times Book Review, Elle, Entertainment
Weekly, National Public Radio, and much more.
Ohanesian will be launching her national book tour on April 7 at 7:30
pm Skylight Books in Los Angeles. The general public is welcome to
attend. Ohanesian will continue on to 15 additional stops around the
country as part of her national book tour.
Ohanesian was a finalist for the prestigious PEN/Bellwether Award for
Socially Engaged Fiction founded by Barbara Kingsolver. A descendant
of genocide survivors, Ohanesian spent six years researching the
novel, and even traveled to the region of the Ottoman Empire, known as
Sepastia to Armenians and Sivas to Turks, where story takes place.
Not only is Orhan's Inheritance a profoundly moving and beautiful
story, but it also gives voice to millions of silent victims and a
forgotten part of history. When Orhan Turkoglu's grandfather passes
away, he returns to the village of Karod, Sivas for the funeral, only
to discover that his grandfather left the family home to a total
stranger, Seda Melkonian, in a Los Angeles nursing home. Left with
only Kemal's ancient sketchbook and intent on righting this injustice,
Orhan boards a plane to Los Angeles. There he will not only unearth
the story that Seda so closely guards but discovers that Seda's past
now threatens to unravel his future. Her story, if told, has the power
to forever change the way Orhan sees himself, his family, and his
country. Moving back and forth in time, between the last years of the
Ottoman Empire and the1990's, Orhan's Inheritance is a story of
passionate love, unspeakable horrors, incredible resilience, and the
hidden stories that can haunt a family for generations.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/04/04/orphan-inheritance/1637163