Title:
Four years in the mountains of Kurdistan, 1915-1919 : an Armenian boy's memoir of survival / Aram Haigaz ; English translation by Iris H. Chekenian.
ISBN:
9781940210063
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Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
Bronxville, New York : Maiden Lane Press, [2014]
©2014
Physical Description:
363 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
General Note:
Author's name on title page is Aram Haigaz, a pseudonym for Aram Chʻekʻemian.
Originally published in Armenian as Chʻors tari Kʻiwrtistani leṛnerun mēj in 1972.
Awards Note:
The Armenian language edition of this book was the recipient of the Kevork Melidinetsi Literary Award, Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia, Antelias, Lebanon
Contents:
Our cross, 1915 -- My first master -- Life as a shepherd -- A new home, 1916 -- Crime and punishment -- A hero falls, 1917 -- To Bey Punar, 1918 -- The last year, 1918-1919.
Summary:
An extraordinary coming-of-age story and survival story of an Armenian teenager forced to live in a tribal culture among Kurdish peasants and Turkish beys. He rose from "infidel" servant to trusted secretary and escaped captivity, the only person in his adoptive tribe who could read and write.
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Added Author:
OCLC Number:
ocn884808027
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