Four years in the mountains of Kurdistan, 1915-1919 : an Armenian boy's memoir of survival
(Book)

Originally published in Armenian in 1972.

An extraordinary coming-of-age story and survival story of an Armenian teenager forced to live in a tribal culture among Kurdish peasants and Turkish beys. He rose from "infidel" servant to trusted secretary and escaped captivity, the only person in his adoptive tribe who could read and write.

The Armenian language edition of this book was the recipient of the Kevork Melidinetsi Literary Award, Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia, Antelias, Lebanon