Passage to Ararat (Hungry Mind Fund) - Softcover

Arlen, Michael J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1886913056 ISBN 13: 9781886913059

Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist, 1996

Synopsis

An account of the author's increasingly determined search for and into his father's and his Armenian heritage and into the history, culture, and character of Armenia and its people

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Review

"More than an excursion into a place...the whole work glows like a jewel with the warmth of humanity and the appreciation, hard won, of both strength and weakness." --Eugenia Thornton, "Cleveland Plain Dealer""Beautifully written and stunning in its insight and honesty... One comes to see that the object of Arlen's search is not only, or even primarily, Armenia or Armenians, but himself and his father." --David Milofsky, " Milwaukee Journal"
"[A] moving, passionate book....written with a mixture of passion, puzzlement, sorrow, and outrage." --Jonathan Yardley, "Washington Post"
"Beautifully moving.... The reader becomes captivated with exotic tales from the past and joins Arlen's journey with zest in this quite marvelous record." --William Hogan, "San Francisco Chronicle"

More than an excursion into a place...the whole work glows like a jewel with the warmth of humanity and the appreciation, hard won, of both strength and weakness. "Eugenia Thornton, Cleveland Plain Dealer"

Beautifully written and stunning in its insight and honesty... One comes to see that the object of Arlen's search is not only, or even primarily, Armenia or Armenians, but himself and his father. "David Milofsky, Milwaukee Journal"

[A] moving, passionate book....written with a mixture of passion, puzzlement, sorrow, and outrage. "Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post"

Beautifully moving.... The reader becomes captivated with exotic tales from the past and joins Arlen's journey with zest in this quite marvelous record. "William Hogan, San Francisco Chronicle""

"More than an excursion into a place...the whole work glows like a jewel with the warmth of humanity and the appreciation, hard won, of both strength and weakness." --Eugenia Thornton, Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Beautifully written and stunning in its insight and honesty... One comes to see that the object of Arlen's search is not only, or even primarily, Armenia or Armenians, but himself and his father." --David Milofsky, Milwaukee Journal

"[A] moving, passionate book....written with a mixture of passion, puzzlement, sorrow, and outrage." --Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post

"Beautifully moving.... The reader becomes captivated with exotic tales from the past and joins Arlen's journey with zest in this quite marvelous record." --William Hogan, San Francisco Chronicle

About the Author

Michael J. Arlen is also the author of several other books. He lives in New York.

Edition details

• Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1886913056
• ISBN 13: 9781886913059
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 293