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Orhan´s Inheritance
Aline Ohanesian
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Description for Orhan´s Inheritance
Paperback. When Orhan's grandfather is found dead, Orhan inherits the decades - old business. But his grandfather has left the family estate to a stranger thousands of miles away, Seda, an aging woman in a retirement home in Los Angeles. Over time, Orhan begins to unearth the story that eighty-seven-year-old Seda so closely guards. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 31. Weight in Grams: 382.
When Orhan's brilliant and eccentric grandfather, who built a dynasty out of making kilim rugs, is found dead, submerged in a vat of dye, Orhan inherits the decades - old business. But his grandfather has left the family estate to a stranger thousands of miles away, Seda, an aging woman in a retirement home in Los Angeles. Over time, Orhan begins to unearth the story that eighty-seven-year-old Seda so closely guards-a story that, if it's told, has the power to undo the legacy upon which Orhan's family is built and could unravel Orhan's own future.
When Orhan's brilliant and eccentric grandfather, who built a dynasty out of making kilim rugs, is found dead, submerged in a vat of dye, Orhan inherits the decades - old business. But his grandfather has left the family estate to a stranger thousands of miles away, Seda, an aging woman in a retirement home in Los Angeles. Over time, Orhan begins to unearth the story that eighty-seven-year-old Seda so closely guards-a story that, if it's told, has the power to undo the legacy upon which Orhan's family is built and could unravel Orhan's own future.
Product Details
Publisher
Algonquin Books (division of Workman)
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
381g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781616205300
SKU
V9781616205300
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About Aline Ohanesian
Aline Ohanesian's great-grandmother was a survivor of the Armenian Genocide. Her history was the kernel for the story that Ohanesian tells in her first novel, Orhan's Inheritance. Ohanesian was a finalist for the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Fiction and Glimmer Train's Short Story Award for New Writers. Born in Northridge, California, she lives and writes in San Juan Capistrano, California, with ... Read more
Reviews for Orhan´s Inheritance
Aline Ohanesian draws from her family's own dark history to create a tender, powerful story of love and reclamation. Orhan's Inheritance is a breathtaking and expansive work of historical fiction and proof that the past can sometimes rewrite the future.
Christina Baker Kline, author of Orphan Train From its first startling image, Orhan's ... Read more
Christina Baker Kline, author of Orphan Train From its first startling image, Orhan's ... Read more