YEREVAN BESTSELLER 4/101: Armenian writer Mark Aren hits double success

YEREVAN, MARCH 9, ARMENPRESS. Armenian writer Mark Aren’s Where Wild Roses Bloomis the bestselling book in Yerevan this week.

The story is about an Armenophobic Turkish former serviceman who finds out that his parents were Armenians. He spends his remaining life searching the graves of his parents, without knowing that it was a misunderstanding.

Ville-Évrard, another novel again by Mark Aren, is ranked second. A story evolving around Komitas, Edmund Forster, the psychologist who inspired Adolf Hitler that the latter was unique, guided by which the Nazi leader decided to conquer the world, resulting in millions of victims. It was Forster who saved Soghomon Tehlirian, who gunned down Talat Pasha, one of the organizers of the Armenian Genocide, from capital punishment. The refuge of Komitas, who survived the Armenian Genocide, was Ville-Évrard mental hospital in France.

Unfound Chamomiles by Armenian writer Edgar Harutyunyan comes next. The story is about love, friendship and betrayal, and topics. Harutyunyan’s other book, Art Of Devotion Or Ode To Rose, a collection of poems, has returned to the bestselling list.

Erich MariaRemarque’s Arch ofTriumph is 5th this week. It is a novel about stateless refugees in Paris before World War II. It was his second worldwide bestseller after All Quiet on the Western Front, written during his exile in the United States.

Armenian writer Edgar Kostandyan’s Ordinary Countryis ranked next.

Jonathan Livingston Seagull by American writer Richard Bachis 7th in the list. It is afableinnovellaform about aseagullwho is trying to learn about life and flight, and ahomilyabout self-perfection. It was first published in 1970.

Flowers for Algernon byDaniel Keyes is next. The short story, written in 1958 and first published in the April 1959 issue ofThe Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, won theHugo Award for Best Short Storyin 1960.

Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Graycomes next in the weekly bestselling list. Dorian Gray is the subject of a full-length portrait in oil by Basil Hallward, an artist who is impressed and infatuated by Dorian'sbeauty; he believes that Dorian's beauty is responsible for the new mode in his art as a painter. Through Basil, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, and he soon is enthralled by the aristocrat'shedonisticworldview: that beauty and sensual fulfillment are the only things worth pursuing in life.

TheAlchemistby Brazilian writerPaulo Coelhoconcludes the list. Originally written inPortuguese, it became an international bestseller translated into some 70 languages as of 2016. Anallegoricalnovel,The Alchemistfollows a youngAndalusianshepherd in his journey toEgypt, after having a recurring dream of finding treasure there.

Տեղ	Փոփ.	Գիրք		Հրատ.	Քանակ
1	+2		Մարկ Արեն «Այնտեղ, որտեղ ծաղկում են վայրի վարդեր»	Բուկինիստ	106
2	-1		Մարկ Արեն «Վիլ-Էվրար»	Բուկինիստ	92
3	+1		Էդգար Հարությունյան «Չգտնված երիցուկներ»	Անտարես	89
4	*		Էդգար Հարությունյան «Նվիրելու արվեստը կամ ձոն վարդին»	Անտարես	40
5	+3		Էրիխ Մարիա Ռեմարկ «Հաղթական կամար»	Էդիթ Պրինտ	33
6			Էդգար Կոստանդյան «Սովորական երկիր»	Հեղինակային հրատ.	31
7			Ռիչարդ Բախ «Ջոնաթան Լիվինգսթոն ճայը»	Անտարես	30
8	*		Դենիել Քիզ «Ծաղիկներ Էլջերնոնի համար»	Անտարես	20
9	*		Օսկար Ուայլդ «Դորիան Գրեյի դիմանկարը»	Էդիթ Պրինտ	18
10	*		Պաուլու Կոելյու «Ալքիմիկոսը»	Անտարես	15

By Angela Hambardzumyan

English –translator/editor: Stepan Kocharyan