Connecting Armenians of the World.
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Laura Cwiertnia’s debut novel We Have a Different Name on the Street is a captivating and sensitively written family saga, following four generations from Armenia to Germany via Istanbul and Jerusalem. Exploring how the devastating impact of the 1915 genocide continues to make itself felt today, the novel draws on Cwiertnia’s own first visit to Armenia.
The children from the high-rise housing estate in Bremen-Nord know exactly where their families come from: Turkey, Russia, Albania. Only with Karla is everything a little different. She knows that her grandmother came to Germany from Istanbul as a guest worker in the 1960s, and that the family has Armenian roots, but they don’t talk about it. When Karla’s grandmother dies, the name of a woman appears, along with an address in Armenia. Karla manages to persuade her father to go on a trip together – to a homeland that neither of them has ever set foot in.
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