by Antonia Arslan · Uitgeverij Mouria · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789045850528
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«Het huis met de leeuweriken» is the historical novel by Antonia Arslan, published by Uitgeverij Mouria in paperback (256 pages, in Dutch).
May 1915: Yerwant, an Armenian who has lived in Venice for almost forty years, plans to return to Anatolia to reunite with his brother Sempad. War and the persecution by the Young Turks turn the reunion into tragedy. Based on Arslan's family memory, it shows the role of women and unexpected friends in saving the children.
Original novel in Italian «La masseria delle allodole» (2004), translated into Dutch by Manon Smits; winner of the Giuseppe Berto, Fenice-Europa and PEN Club Italia prizes.
For readers of historical fiction interested in family memory, the Armenian genocide and the diaspora.
Antonia Arslan is an Italian writer and academic of Armenian origin.
