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YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 27, ARMENPRESS."The Little Prince" by French author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry tops this week's "Bestseller Books List" introduced by "Armenpress" News Agency. The novella is both the most read and most translated book in the French language, and was voted the best book of the 20th century in France. The book was translated into more than 190 languages.
Milan Kundera’s “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” is in the second place in the list.
Kundera's most famous work, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, was published in 1984. The book chronicles the fragile nature of an individual's fate, theorizing that a single lifetime is insignificant in the scope of Nietzsche's concept of eternal return. In an infinite universe, everything is guaranteed to recur infinitely. In 1988, American director Philip Kaufman released a film adaptation.
“The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green comes next on our list.
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.
Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning-author John Green’s most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.
The book was translated into Armenian by Edit Print Publishing house, by Alina Mirzoyan.
''The Book of Lamentations'' by St. Gregory of Narek is the 4th in this week's Bestseller Books List introduced by "Armenpress" News Agency. The pearl of the medieval Armenian literature is also known to the public as "Narek" for short. The mystical poem "Book of Lamentations" has been translated into many languages and has played a significant role in the development of the Armenian literary language. This masterpiece by St. Gregory of Narek has always been included in our bestseller books list.
Grig’s Jesus Cat is the fifth on the list. This is the first book of the young prose writer. The novels involved in this work bring forward a unique writing style on the one hand and an original vision on the world and people on the other. This combination forms characters in Grig’s creative space, which help to discover another invisible side of life. The book was published by “Antares”. Editor – Gurgen Khanjyan.
"One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Columbian author Gabriel García Márquez occupies the sixth position. One Hundred Years of Solitude tells the multi-generational story of the Buendía family, whose patriarch, José Arcadio Buendía, founds the town of Macondo, the metaphoric Colombia.
Naguib Mahfouz‘s "Radobis" is the next in our list. It is based on the novel of ancient Egypt's 6th dynasty pharaoh MerenraII Nemtiemsaf’s character. Pharaoh’s short period of reign is connected with his illness or with the state revolution against him. Mahfouz’s novel reveals the real reasons.
The book “1984” by George Orwell is the eighth on the list. The latter is included in “Banned Books” of Antares publishing house.
"Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel García Márquez occupies the ninth position in "Bestseller Books List" introduced by "Armenpress" News Agency. In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is devastated, but he is a romantic. As he rises in his business career he whiles away the years in 622 affairs--yet he reserves his heart for Fermina. Her husband dies at last, and Florentino purposefully attends the funeral. Fifty years, nine months, and four days after he first declared his love for Fermina, he will do so again.
“Adultery” by Brazilian authorPaulo Coelho closes this week’s list. It is the sixteenth major book by Coelho, and touches on the theme of adultery.Adulterywas written in Coelho's native language, Portuguese. The Portuguese edition was released on April 10th, 2014. The (American) English edition is published byKnopf and it is scheduled along with the Spanish edition to be published on August 19th, 2014.
To complete the bestseller list, the following bookshops have participated in the survey: “New Book” (093-60-40-64), “Noah’s Ark” (56-81-84), “Armenian Book” (54-07-06), “Narek” (51-91-36), “Bookinist” (53-74-13), “Antares” (091-90-01-23) and “Zangak” (23-25-28).
Presented by Roza Grigoryan