Armenian Literature Fiction Heart and Soul

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Dreams of the Compass Rose

by Vera Nazarian

What is the nature of evil? When a young warrior of a dark race finds himself bound in servitude to a beautiful cruel princess, his …
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Dreams of the Compass Rose

by Vera Nazarian

What is the nature of evil? When a young warrior of a dark race finds himself bound in servitude to a beautiful cruel princess, his …
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The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze, and Other Stories

by William Saroyan

The protagonists sailing about The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze are often Armenian, Jewish, Chinese, Polish, African, or Irish; and all are treated …
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The Forty Days of Musa Dagh

by Franz Werfel

During World War I, Gabriel Bagradian learns of Turkish plans to exterminate the Armenians, and leads his village to the mountain Musa Dagh in hopes …
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Passage to Ararat

by Michael J. Arlen

Discusses the author's search for identity, personal history, and connections to his Armenian heritage that his father severed five decades earlier. Along the way, Arlen …
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My Name is Aram

by William Saroyan

William Saroyan's most celebrated work of short fiction- a boy's view of the American Dream. Aram Garoghlanian was a Californian, born in Fresno on the …