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<\/a>(imprescriptible.fr<\/a>) Aram Andonian was born in 1876 in Constantinople. Journalist, writer and author of the Complete Illustrated History of the Balkan War (Vol. 1-4, 1912\u20131913, Histoire de la Guerre des Balkans), published originally in Armenian. He was among the Armenian intellectuals of Constantinople that were arrested on Apri l 24, 1915 and which later was deported and almost uprooted. A survivor of the Genocide in exile, he was the first Director of Nubar library. Andonian dedicated the rest of his life in collecting and publishing testimonies that showed the destruction of the Ottoman Armenians. He passed away in Paris in 1952.\nHerv\u00e9 Georgelin is a historian and an Armenian and Modern Greek languages translator. He has translated Andonian\u2019s In Those Dark Days (En ces sombres jours, M\u00e9tispresses, 2007) and Zaven Biberian\u2019s The Twilight of the Ants (Le cr\u00e9puscule des fourmis, M\u00e9tispresses, 2012). Georgelin is also the author of The End of Smyrna. From cosmopolitanism to nationalisms (La fin de Smyrne. Du cosmopolitisme aux nationalismes, CNRS \u00c9ditions, 2005).<\/p>\n
On the Road to Exile (Sur la route de l’exi) is the description of a survivor who couldn\u2019t have survived.
\nAndonian places us in the center of this group of teachers, artists, journalists, merchants, politicians who are the intellectual and active elite of the Armenian community in Constantinople. Initially incredulous as to the true motives of the Young Turks government, this elite ends up eliminated in central Anatolia.
\nWhile portraying a culture in suspension through its most notable characters, the text refers to the early stages of the annihilation process, where the lies of executioners mask the worst to come.
\nAndonian follows the trace of his friend Parsegh Chahbaz, an investigative journalist until the latter gets murdered. From Istanbul to Kharpert Aram Andonian tries to restore his friend\u2019s wandering and give the reader the picture of the mass destruction around him.<\/p>\n
About the book:
\n\u2022 a preface by Raymond H. Kevorkian
\n\u2022 introduction of Herv\u00e9 Georgelin, historian and translator
\n\u2022 a postface by Janine Altounian
\n\u2022 index and maps
\n\u2022 Release date: February 2, 2013
\n\u2022 Publisher: M\u00e9tisPresses
\n\u2022 No. ISBN: 978-2-940406-67-8
\n\u2022 Number of pages: 203
\n\u2022 Price: \u20ac 19.00<\/p>\n