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YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 12, ARMENPRESS: "Memories of My Melancholy Whores" by Columbian author Gabriel García Márquez tops this week's "Bestseller Books List" introduced by "Armenpress" News Agency.“The invincible power that has moved the world is unrequited, not happy love”quote from Márquez’s novel has become winged words.
“One HundredYearsofSolitude”by Gabriel García Márquez occupies the second position of the list.“Lovein theTimeofCholera” by the same author is in the third place.
"Bestseller Books List" also includes “Steve Jobs” book by Walter Isaacson,“TheLittle Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, "Like EveryEvening" by Zoya Pirzad, “Charents-Name” by Gurgen Mahari, "Bookof Lamentations" by Grigor Narekatsi and “Hired Suicide Committers” by Vahram Sahakyan. “Stone Dreams" by prominent Azerbaijani writer Akram Aylisli concludes the Bestseller Books List.
After the publication of Aylisli's "Stone Dreams" novella, which depicted the pogroms carried out by Azerbaijanis against the Armenians inSumgaitandBakuand presented Armenians in sympathetic light, President Aliyev signed apresidential decreethat stripped Aylisli of the title of "People's Writer" and the presidential pension.His books were burnt by Azerbaijani intelligentsia and compatriots in his hometown, his son and wife were fired from their jobs and a "bounty" of some $13,000 was promised for cutting the writer's ear off.In March 2014, a formal request was made by various public figures throughout the world to nominate Aylisli for the Nobel Peace Prize.