{"product_id":"the-ruins-of-ani-a-journey-to-armenias-medieval-capital-and-its-legacy-hardcover","title":"The Ruins of Ani: A Journey to Armenia's Medieval Capital and Its Legacy - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKrikor Balakian\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePeter Balakian\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003ePeter Balakian\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2019 Dr. Sona Aronian Book Prize for Excellence in Armenian Studies (NAASR)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the tenth to the thirteenth centuries, the city of Ani was the jewel of the Armenian kingdom, renowned far and wide for its magnificent buildings. Known as the city of 1001 churches, Ani was a center for artistic innovation, and its architecture is a potential missing link between Byzantine and Gothic styles. By the fifteenth century, Ani was virtually abandoned, its stunning buildings left to crumble. Yet its ruins have remained a symbol of cultural accomplishment that looms large in the Armenian imagination. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ruins of Ani \u003c\/i\u003eis a unique combination of history, art criticism, and travel memoir that takes readers on a thousand-year journey in search of past splendors. Today, Ani is a popular tourist site in Turkey, but the city has been falsified in its presentation by the Turkish government in order to erase Armenian history in the wake of the Armenian Genocide. This timely publication also raises questions about the preservation of major historic monuments in the face of post atrocity campaigns of cultural erasure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Originally written by young priest Krikor Balakian in 1910, just a few years before the Armenian genocide, this book offers a powerful and poignant counterpart to Balakian's acclaimed genocide memoir \u003ci\u003eArmenian Golgotha\u003c\/i\u003e. This new translation by the author's great-nephew, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Peter Balakian, eloquently renders the book's vivid descriptions and lyrical prose into English. Including a new introduction that explores Ani's continued relevance in the twenty-first century, \u003ci\u003eThe Ruins of Ani \u003c\/i\u003ewill give readers a new appreciation for this lost city's status as a pinnacle of both Armenian civilization and human achievement.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKRIKOR BALAKIAN (1876-1934) was one of the leading Armenian intellectuals of his generation. One of the 250 cultural leaders arrested by Turkish officials in 1915, he survived four years in the killing fields of the Armenian genocide, chronicled in his memoir \u003ci\u003eArmenian Golgotha\u003c\/i\u003e. A member of the Armenian delegation to the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, he later served as pastor of the Armenian Church in Manchester and bishop of the Armenian Church of south France. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e PETER BALAKIAN is the Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar Professor of the Humanities in the department of English at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York. He is the author of many books, including The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response, winner of the Raphael Lemkin Prize; Black Dog of Fate, winner of the PEN\/Albrand Award for Memoir; and Ozone Journal, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ARAM ARKUN is the executive director of the Tekeyan Cultural Association and an assistant editor at the \u003ci\u003eArmenian Mirror-Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 174\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.1 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 03, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769780470048,"sku":"9781978802919","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c4f61a8d9e9cd060302a03f345697ec4.webp?v=1780356383","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-ruins-of-ani-a-journey-to-armenias-medieval-capital-and-its-legacy-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}