Book description
A new audio book by Nariné Abgaryan!
The heroes of her books are simple, and that’s why they are real people who know where happiness lives.
31 stories about war. A book about those who survived the war. And about those who didn’t.
“Writing about war is like destroying hope in yourself. It’s like looking death in the face, trying not to look away. Because if you look away, you betray yourself.
I tried as best I could. I’m not sure I succeeded.
Life is fairer than death—there lies its unshakable truth.
You must believe this, so that you can keep living afterward.”
Manunya’s Motherland is the Armenian border town of Berd—this is where her childhood passed. This cozy little city holds a certain charm: old rural houses, summer verandas, gardens. The residents still cook кавурма, collect honey, bake bread, weave rugs, and raise children. Almost everyone lost someone close during the war. Yet they believe that life is fairer than death, and as long as there is strength, they must help everyone who needs help more than you do. Proud, free, simple and kind people who know how to be happy for their whole lives…