It is a welldocumented book, with multiple plots and subplots, depicting almost a century of life in exile. This play is inspired by the novel the book of whispers by varujan vosganian, work which led to his three times nomination for the nobel prize, representing romania, armenia and israel. Drawing on concepts such as postgenocide literature, post memory marianne hirsch, and resonance aleida assmann, this paper discusses a thirdgeneration narrative of the armenian genocide, namely varujan vosganians novel the book of whispers, originally published in romania in 2009. Contemporary romanian writers varujan vosganian 2015.
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According to him culture is the most important tool of fight because the book is more powerful than thousands of political speeches, talks and diplomatic efforts. Remembering the armenian genocide in varujan vosganians the book of whispers by andreea mironescu the department of interdisciplinary research in social sciences and humanities, alexandru ioan cuza university of iasi was published in slovo journal, vol 29. Varujan vosganians the book of whispers causes troubles. The book of whispers is a masterpiece victor cuble. The book of whispers begins in a picturesque register, on a lane of the armenian quarter of focsani in the 1950s, among the steam of freshly. The book of whispers, though very much armenian in subject, is equally set in the authors environs in southern romania.
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