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Loading... My Name Is Aram (original 1940; edition 2013)by William Saroyan (Author)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A wonderful collection of short stories published in various magazines by William Saroyan, more or less connected and related, most dealing with the Armenian experience in small-town California. Wonderfully eccentric, charming and true to life, these are widely regarded as Saroyan's best short stories. I tend to agree. no reviews | add a review
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Hailed by The New York Times as "marvelously captivating," William Saroyan's 1940 international bestseller recounts the exploits of an Armenian clan in northern California at the turn of the twentieth century. Based on the author's loving and eccentric extended family, the characters in these 14 related short stories enact humorous and touching scenes from immigrant life. Aram Garoghlanian narrates the tales, reflecting from an adult's perspective on his boyhood adventures. Beginning with "The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse," in which 9-year-old Aram and his cousin redeem themselves from wrongdoing, the stories conclude with "A Word to Scoffers," which features an itinerant preacher's sage advice to Aram as the young man departs from the San Joaquin Valley for the first time. No library descriptions found.
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The narrator, Aram Garoghlanian, is a sparky kid/ teen; out adventuring and bunking off school with his pals; meeting locals; getting bribed to sing in a choir...all set against the traditional and picaresque older generation of his community. ( )