2019 EBRD LITERATURE PRIZE LONGLIST ANNOUNCED. The Book of Whispers is included!
Last year the European Bank forReconstruction and Development launched their own literary prize. The prize recognises books written in any language from the EBRD country of operations that have been translated and published by a UK publisher. First prize is €20,000 which is split equally between the author and the translator. The inaugural winner was Istanbul Istanbul by Burhan Sönmez and translated from Turki...
European Literary Network and Ted Hodkginson: A haunting history filled with sorrow, resilience and beauty.
An astonishing and evocative encounter with the Armenian people and the terrible acts of genocide they have suffered.
The Book of Whispers attunes us to the sounds of the Armenian people, from the harrowing and largely hidden story of their marginalisation and oppression, to the cadences and rhythms of their everyday language and rituals. In a majestic translation by Alastair Ian B...
European Literary Network and Rosie Goldsmith: A harrowing and beautiful novel
A poignant and lyrical novel about an Armenian family, the 1915 massacres, and – through the story of its Romanian-Armenian author – the stories of the survivors and descendants.
It seems wrong to describe such a harrowing novel as beautiful – but it is. This is the fictional masterpiece about the Armenian genocide, narrated in heart-breaking, poignant and lyrical style by the prominent Romanian-Armenian a...
European Literature Network and Gabriel Gbadamosi:The Book of Whispers is a silent reading of the collective and individual memories of Armenians.
The Book of Whispers is a self-consciously intellectual take on how to capture a people who have disappeared, who have been placed ‘outside the mirror’ and yet persist through echoes of their stories, presences and ghostly life.
Born into a milieu of Armenians in Romania, the writer grows up to recognise the imprint in those around him of an...
ANNOUNCING THE 2018 PEN AMERICA LITERARY AWARDS LONGLISTS - The Book of Whispers, on the Top 10 of PEN Translation Prize
https://pen.org/2018longlists/
Festivalul de teatru pentru copii "Boaba de rodie", ce a avut loc ]n octombrie 2015 la Erevan, a numarat printre laureatii sai echipa de teatru "Malvina Manukyan" a Liceului armean din Plovdiv. Piesa castigatoare a fost dramatizarea in limba armeana a romanului Cartea soaptelor.
Foto: imagine din spectacol
