YEREVAN BESTSELLER 4/91 – ‘Manyunya’ and ‘Years Lived and Not Lived’ top the list

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 22, ARMENPRESS. Vardges Petrosyan’sYears Lived and Not Livedis at the top ofYerevan Bestsellerproject – anARMENPRESSexclusivebrining the top ten weekly bestselling books.

Narine Abgaryan’s Manyunya is second in the list. The book was awarded with Russia’s national literary prize.

Mark Aren’s Where Wild Roses Bloomis ranked 3rd in this week’s list.

The story describes the inner world of an Armenophobic Turkish former serviceman, when he, already an old man, suddenly hears a lullaby song that reminds him of his mother and later finds out that the song is in Armenian: realizing his parents were Armenians. He spends his remaining life searching the graves of his parents, without knowing that it was a misunderstanding.

Edgar Harutyunyan’s Unfound Chamomilesthis week is 4th. This is the second book of the author. Unfound Chamomiles is about human relationship, love, friendship and betrayal.

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamasis ranked 5th in the list. Itis a 2006Holocaustnovel byIrish novelistJohn Boyne. Unlike themonths of planning Boyne devoted to his other books, he said that he wrote the entire first draft ofThe Boy in the Striped Pyjamasin two and a half days, barely sleeping until he got to the end.

Rope of a guilt by Hovhannes Yeranyanis 6th. This is the 7thbook of the author. The book has been edited by Arkmenik Nikoghosyan.

The Diary of Anne Frank, is a book of the writings from theDutch language diarykept byAnne Frankwhile she was in hiding for two years with her family during theNazi occupation of the Netherlands. After Anne’s death in a concentration camp, the diary was retrieved byMiep Gies, who gave it to Anne's father,Otto Frank, the family's only known survivor, just after the war was over. The diary has since been published in more than 60 languages. The Diary of Anne Frank is ranked 7th in this week’s Yerevan Bestseller.

Fahrenheit 451byRay Bradburyis 8th. Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel published in 1953. It is regarded as one of his best works. The novel presents a future American society where books are outlawed and "firemen" burn any that are found. The title refers to the temperature that Bradbury understood to be the autoignition point of paper.

The Prophetcomes next. It’s a book of 26prose poetryfables written in English by theLebanese-American artist, philosopher and writerKahlil Gibran. It was originally published in 1923 byAlfred A. Knopf. It is Gibran's best known work.The Prophethas been translated into over 40 different languagesand has never been out of print.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Terre des homes, literally translated as Land of Men, published in English asWind, Sand and Starsconcludes this week’s list.

It is a memoirdealing with themes such as friendship, death, heroism, and solidarity among colleagues, and illustrates the author's opinions of what makes life worth living.

The following bookstores took part in a survey for the bestseller project: Bookinist (53-74-13), Hay Girk (54-07-06) and Zangak (23 26 49).

Տեղ	Փոփ.	Գիրք		Հրատ.	Քանակ
1			Վարդգես Պետրոսյան «Ապրած և չապրած տարիներ»	Դարակ	94
2			Նարինե Աբգարյան «Մանյունյա»	Լուսաբաց	52
3	*		Մարկ Արեն «Այնտեղ, որտեղ ծաղկում են վայրի վարդեր»	Բուկինիստ	39
4	-1		Էդգար Հարությունյան «Չգտնված երիցուկներ»	Անտարես	38
5			Ջոն Բոյն «Զոլավոր գիշերազգեստով տղան»	Վերնատուն	38
6	*		Հովհաննես Երանյան «Մեղքի պարան»	Անտարես	35
7	-3		Աննա Ֆրանկ «Աննա Ֆրանկի օրագիրը»	Էդիթ Պրինտ	26
8	*		Ռեյ Բրեդբըրի «Ֆարենհայթ 451»	Զանգակ	17
9	*		Խալիլ Ջիբրան «Մարգարեն»	Քյուրքչյան	15
10	-1		Անտուան դը Սենտ-Էքզյուպերի «Մարդկանց երկիրը»	Էդիթ Պրինտ	14