Orhan's Inheritance
In her extraordinary debut, Aline Ohanesian has created two remarkable characters—a young man ignorant of his family’s and his country’s past, and an old woman haunted by the toll the past has taken on her life. When Orhan’s brilliant and eccentric grandfather Kemal—a man who built a dynasty out...
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In her extraordinary debut, Aline Ohanesian has created two remarkable characters—a young man ignorant of his family’s and his country’s past, and an old woman haunted by the toll the past has taken on her life. When Orhan’s brilliant and eccentric grandfather Kemal—a man who built a dynasty out of making kilim rugs—is found dead, submerged in a vat of dye, Orhan inherits
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781616203740 (1616203749)
ASIN: 1616203749
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Orhan’s Inheritance, Aline Ohanesian, author, Assaf Cohen, narrator Based on the author’s background and actual history, this book tells the story of the Armenian genocide that has for so long been denied by the Turks. It tells the story from all vantage points, illustrating the abuses and suffering...
* I received this as a free eBook from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. *Orhan’s grandfather Kemal built the family business, making kilim rugs, out of the dust remaining after WWI. By 1990 he has become quite eccentric often immersing himself in a brass cauldron of dye. No one knows w...
What an amazing debut novel! I had no idea it was a debut until after I finished it. I really found myself getting into this story and really connecting and feeling for the characters. I had known Turkey had sided with Germany during World War I, but I had no idea they had their own plan of genocide...
Orhan's Inheritance, the debut novel by Aline Ohanesian, masterfully brings to life the characters - Kemal, Lucine, and others - and a vivid, horrifying picture of the Armenian genocide during World War I. Several things are clear in this book. War claims victims on all sides. The history we learn d...
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