My Armenian Friend (French: L'ami arménien) is a 2021 novel by the French-Russian writer Andreï Makine. It is about the friendship between a 13-year-old Russian boy and a one-year older Armenian at an orphanage in Siberia in the late 1960s.[1][2]

My Armenian Friend
AuthorAndreï Makine
Original titleL'ami arménien
TranslatorGeoffrey Strachan
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
PublisherÉditions Grasset
Publication date
6 January 2021
Published in English
3 October 2023
Pages216
ISBN9782246826576

The book was awarded the Prix des romancières [fr] of the Forum du livre de Saint-Louis [fr].[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Rérolle, Raphaëlle (16 January 2021). "" L'Ami arménien " : Andreï Makine dans le puits du temps". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  2. ^ Authier, Christian (6 January 2021). "L'Ami arménien, d'Andreï Makine: son roman le plus émouvant". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Le Prix des Romancières 2021 décerné à L'ami arménien de Andreï Makine". ActuaLitté [fr]. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2023.

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