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Hailed by The New York Times as "marvelously captivating," William Saroyan's 1940 international bestseller recounts the exploits of an Armenian clan in northern California at the turn of the twentieth century. Based on the author's loving and eccentric extended family, the characters in these 14 related short stories enact humorous and touching scenes from immigrant life. Aram Garoghlanian narrates the tales, reflecting from an adult's perspective on his boyhood adventures. Beginning with "The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse," in which 9-year-old Aram and his cousin redeem themselves from wrongdoing, the stories conclude with "A Word to Scoffers," which features an itinerant preacher's sage advice to Aram as the young man departs from the San Joaquin Valley for the first time.… (altro)
Cheering, charming, easy read short stories set in the author's Armenian community in Fresno, Ca. The narrator, Aram Garoghlanian, is a sparky kid/ teen; out adventuring and bunking off school with his pals; meeting locals; getting bribed to sing in a choir...all set against the traditional and picaresque older generation of his community. ( )
La mia copia (non esattamente quella che compare qui e nella mia libreria) presentava una traduzione non solo datata, ma pure scadente. Ho dovuto mollare, anche se qualcosa ero riuscito a intuire...
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One day back there in the good old days when I was nine and the world was full of every imaginable kind of magnificence, and life was still a delightful and mysterious dream, my cousin Mourad, who was considered crazy by everybody who knew him except me, came to my house at four in the morning and woke me up by tapping on the window of my room.
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In less than ten minutes after the bus left Salt Lake City I was believing everything, left and right, as the missionary had said, and it's been that way with me ever since.
Hailed by The New York Times as "marvelously captivating," William Saroyan's 1940 international bestseller recounts the exploits of an Armenian clan in northern California at the turn of the twentieth century. Based on the author's loving and eccentric extended family, the characters in these 14 related short stories enact humorous and touching scenes from immigrant life. Aram Garoghlanian narrates the tales, reflecting from an adult's perspective on his boyhood adventures. Beginning with "The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse," in which 9-year-old Aram and his cousin redeem themselves from wrongdoing, the stories conclude with "A Word to Scoffers," which features an itinerant preacher's sage advice to Aram as the young man departs from the San Joaquin Valley for the first time.
The narrator, Aram Garoghlanian, is a sparky kid/ teen; out adventuring and bunking off school with his pals; meeting locals; getting bribed to sing in a choir...all set against the traditional and picaresque older generation of his community. ( )