John M Gasper

Dilijan

A story of survival

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Throughout the ravages of turmoil and persecution, one family has harboured a hidden secret ... Constantinople 1899 Identical twins of Armenian heritage, escape a devasting terrorist's bomb. Unaware of each other's survival, Davit flees west to Paris, while Vahan journeys east to Calcutta. Inspired by actual events, the saga chronicles the lives of the separated brothers and four generations of their families. It weaves the paths taken as they travel to distant lands, seeking refuge from atrocities, and their search for peace and fulfilment. It tells how the families suffered the traumas of the Armenian Massacres and Jewish Holocaust, how they struggled, how they survived, how they flourished, and how, by chance, they came together again ...

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Draft2digital
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780645783001
• ISBN-10: 0645783005
• Artikelnr.: 69201464

Autorenporträt

Born 1949 in Calcutta India, to an Armenian father and Czech mother, John Gasper, grew up in London. He survived ten years of boardingschool before studying Architecture at Kingston University (Surrey UK).Upon graduation in 1974, John went on a working holiday to Australia.He decided to settle in Adelaide, where he lives with his French wife, Dominique, and their three-legged cat, Pudd.