Chris Bohjalian
Barev dzez!
I speak very little Armenian, though I am learning bit by bit. I can now write my name in Armenian, for instance. Progress! And I know a lot of the conversational expressions, which actually means when I am in Armenia or with the communities in Lebanon or L.A., people think briefly I can speak the language -- and so I often have to confess quickly that I don't.
A "bohjal" is a bundle often slung over one's shoulder, sometimes at the end of a stick.
My last name, thus, is the "son of the bundle maker."
In reality, I am the "son of the ad man."
Thanks for asking!
I speak very little Armenian, though I am learning bit by bit. I can now write my name in Armenian, for instance. Progress! And I know a lot of the conversational expressions, which actually means when I am in Armenia or with the communities in Lebanon or L.A., people think briefly I can speak the language -- and so I often have to confess quickly that I don't.
A "bohjal" is a bundle often slung over one's shoulder, sometimes at the end of a stick.
My last name, thus, is the "son of the bundle maker."
In reality, I am the "son of the ad man."
Thanks for asking!
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Wendy
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I started The Guest Room yesterday and I totally love it! I am half way done and I do not want to put it down! But I do not want it to end because then it will be done! I have read all your books and some are more liked than others but this one will be in my memory bank for a long long time as one of your very best. I love that you always write about very different situations. So what will your next book be!?!?
Laura
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Chris Bohjalian:
Hi, Chris. I've just finished The Buffalo Soldier, the first of your books that I've read. I loved it and to my surprise, given other art and the news, found it sunny. This sunniness seems to be located for me in the kindnesses of characters, your language (I wish there were room for examples), and also perhaps in the lack of ongoing vitriol between Terry and Laura. Was it your intention to create sunniness?
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