| Skylark Farm Contributor(s): Arslan, Antonia (Author) |
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ISBN: 1400095670 ISBN-13: 9781400095674 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2008 Annotation: A beautiful, wrenching debut chronicling the life of a family struggling for survival during the Armenian genocide in Turkey, in 1915. After forty years in Venice, Yerwant is planning a long-awaited reunion with his family at their homestead in the Anatolian hills of Turkey. But as joyful preparations begin, Italy enters the Great War and closes its borders. At the same time, in Turkey, the Young Turks, determined to rid their nation of minorities, force his family on a brutal march of hunger and humiliation. We follow Yerwant's relatives as they strain to stay alive and as four children set out on a daring course to reach Yerwant--and safety--in Italy. A novel as lyrical and poignant as a fable. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | War & Military - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2008274404 |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.26" W x 7.98" (0.48 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Cultural Region - Turkey - Topical - Family - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A beautiful, wrenching debut chronicling the life of a family struggling for survival during the Armenian genocide in Turkey, in 1915. After forty years in Venice, Yerwant is planning a long-awaited reunion with his family at their homestead in the Anatolian hills of Turkey. But as joyful preparations begin, Italy enters the Great War and closes its borders. At the same time, in Turkey, the Young Turks, determined to rid their nation of minorities, force his family on a brutal march of hunger and humiliation. We follow Yerwant's relatives as they strain to stay alive and as four children set out on a daring course to reach Yerwant--and safety--in Italy. A novel as lyrical and poignant as a fable. |
