My Name is Aram by William Saroyan
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.
Saroyan, William: - William Saroyan (1908-1981) was born in Fresno, California. Famous for a long and voluminous career, he wrote novels, along with some sixteen story collections, and plays including The Human Comedy (winning an Academy Award for his screenplay), and The Time of Your Life, for which he won the Drama Critics Circle and Pulitzer Prizes. He wrote about the archetypal Armenian families who inhabit Saroyan country, in and around Fresno, California. [And yet with their] unpredictable charm and wacky spontaneity ... his characters overflow with so much human comedy that they transcend all ethnic boundaries, as in the stories of I.B. Singer (The Chicago Tribune).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780955915635 |
| ISBN 10 | 0955915635 |
| Title | My Name is Aram |
| Author | William Saroyan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Capuchin Classics |
| Year published | 2009-04-17 |
| Number of pages | 138 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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