Armenian Genocide novel released by award-winning American author Steven E. Wilson

September 2, 2010 - 20:12 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - The new novel focused on the Armenian Genocide, "The Ghosts of Anatolia: An Epic Journey to Forgiveness," by Steven E. Wilson was released this week. Dr. Wilson was a finalist for the Benjamin Franklin Award in 2004 in the category Best New Voice in Fiction for his novel "Winter in Kandahar" and a finalist in 2008 for the Indie Book Award in the category action-adventure for his novel "Ascent from Darkness." "The Ghosts of Anatolia" was written in English.

The Ghosts of Anatolia is an epic tale of three families, one Armenian and two Turkish, inescapably entwined in a saga of tragedy, hope and reconciliation. Beginning in 1914, at the start of The Great War, confident Ottoman forces suffered a devastating defeat at the hands of the Russians. Pursuing Russian forces drove deep into eastern Anatolia, and the ensuing conflagration, fanned by fear, mistrust and sedition, engulfed the Ottoman Empire. This compelling adventure novel brings these events poignantly to life, H-G Books said in its press release.

This new novel was published by H-G Books in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

The Armenian Genocide

The Armenian Genocide (1915-23) was the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I. It was characterized by massacres and deportations, involving forced marches under conditions designed to lead to the death of the deportees, with the total number of deaths reaching 1.5 million.

The majority of Armenian Diaspora communities were formed by the Genocide survivors.

Present-day Turkey denies the fact of the Armenian Genocide, justifying the atrocities as “deportation to secure Armenians”. Only a few Turkish intellectuals, including Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk and scholar Taner Akcam, speak openly about the necessity to recognize this crime against humanity.

The Armenian Genocide was recognized by Uruguay, Russia, France, Lithuania, Italy, 45 U.S. states, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Argentina, Belgium, Austria, Wales, Switzerland, Canada, Poland, Venezuela, Chile, Bolivia, the Vatican, Luxembourg, Brazil, Germany, the Netherlands, Paraguay, Sweden, Venezuela, Slovakia, Syria, Vatican, as well as the European Parliament and the World Council of Churches.