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AIDA ZILELIAN RELEASES NOVEL ON AN IMMIGRANT FAMILY
Broadway World
Dec 12 2014
BANGKOK, Dec. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ Aida Zilelian's The Legacy
of Lost Things, a powerful and haunting first novel that delves deeply
into the struggles and dysfunctions of an Armenian immigrant family
living in the United States, will be the second book published by
Bleeding Heart Publications, a new literary publishing house based in
Southeast Asia that specializes in creative non-fiction and fiction for
the U.S. market. The book will be released in all formats on March 3,
2015, and be available online and in bookstores.
Zilelian, a New York writer and English teacher, has been published
in several anthologies and more than 25 literary journals, including
BHP's Transfusion. Even before acceptance and publication, The Legacy
of Lost Things started attracting national attention. In May 2014,
it won the Minas and Kohar Tllyan Prize in Contemporary Literature,
an annual award that recognizes and encourages the literary works
of talented writers in North America who are of Armenian ancestry or
whose work has an Armenian theme.
In The Legacy of Lost Things, Zilelian traces three generations of
a family of Armenian immigrants living in Queens, New York, as they
struggle with one another and against the Old World expectations of
their community. When Araxi, the oldest daughter of the desperately
unhappy Levon and Tamar, goes missing, the remaining family members
are forced to confront their painful histories together, and the
role each of them has played in driving Araxi away. Through Araxi and
her family, readers are given a unique look at the generational and
cultural tensions that both keep families together and tear them apart.
"I don't think the truth always comes out in stories," says Zilelian,
who freely admits that her main characters are based on her family
members. "You'll see that to be the case in Legacy. There's a huge
truth that's never discovered. But what I do like is when characters
are sitting on the truth. And you don't know what's going to happen,
and you don't know what's going to come of it. That tension of . . .
how are they going to deal with the truth when it does come out,
or how are they going to deal with the fact that it may not come out?
That tension, and creating that, is something that unconsciously
I have been doing in my stories. When I look back, it's all about
truths and secrets. That's why the truth and the flaws of characters
fascinates me."
"Aida writes with such heart and passion, using such spare, poignant
prose," says Cali Dawson, co-founder and managing director of Bleeding
Heart Publications. "I remember going over this story in editing many
times and it never failed to give me goose bumps and make me sigh. I
was surprised that this novel hadn't been picked up for publication
by the time it hit my desk. But I was not surprised that Aida was
well known in her community and had published work before. She is a
natural and gifted writer."
Bleeding Heart Publicationswas created in 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand,
by a small, dedicated group of British and American ex-patriots led by
co-founders Gordon Ross, director, and Dawson. The independent press
has four books scheduled for publication in all formats in 2015 and
is aggressively seeking manuscripts and short stories from new and
previously published authors. Bleeding Heart Publications also will
publish Transfusion, a twice-yearly literary journal featuring short
stories of 5,000 words or less and poetry. The company is registered
in Singapore with editorial offices in Bangkok.
Bleeding Heart Publications launched in the US with a comprehensive
PR, advertising and social marketing campaign, including a full-page
ad that ran in the New York Times Book Review on Sunday, Nov. 30,
2014. It also has allocated six-figure USD budgets for marketing each
of its first two books.
Bleeding Heart Publications is partnering with Greenleaf Books
in Austin, Texas, to provide book and cover design, production and
distribution services, and marketing across all formats and platforms
in the US.
For more information about Aida Zilelian and The Legacy of Lost
Things, visit her author's website. For more information about
Bleeding Heart Publications, its authors and submission policies,
visit BHP's website.For media inquiries or to arrange an interview
with BHP's principals or authors, contact Scott Busby at The Busby
Group at [email protected] or 310.475.2914.
http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwbooks/article/Aida-Zilelian-Releases-Novel-on-an-Immigrant-Family-20141211
Broadway World
Dec 12 2014
BANGKOK, Dec. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ Aida Zilelian's The Legacy
of Lost Things, a powerful and haunting first novel that delves deeply
into the struggles and dysfunctions of an Armenian immigrant family
living in the United States, will be the second book published by
Bleeding Heart Publications, a new literary publishing house based in
Southeast Asia that specializes in creative non-fiction and fiction for
the U.S. market. The book will be released in all formats on March 3,
2015, and be available online and in bookstores.
Zilelian, a New York writer and English teacher, has been published
in several anthologies and more than 25 literary journals, including
BHP's Transfusion. Even before acceptance and publication, The Legacy
of Lost Things started attracting national attention. In May 2014,
it won the Minas and Kohar Tllyan Prize in Contemporary Literature,
an annual award that recognizes and encourages the literary works
of talented writers in North America who are of Armenian ancestry or
whose work has an Armenian theme.
In The Legacy of Lost Things, Zilelian traces three generations of
a family of Armenian immigrants living in Queens, New York, as they
struggle with one another and against the Old World expectations of
their community. When Araxi, the oldest daughter of the desperately
unhappy Levon and Tamar, goes missing, the remaining family members
are forced to confront their painful histories together, and the
role each of them has played in driving Araxi away. Through Araxi and
her family, readers are given a unique look at the generational and
cultural tensions that both keep families together and tear them apart.
"I don't think the truth always comes out in stories," says Zilelian,
who freely admits that her main characters are based on her family
members. "You'll see that to be the case in Legacy. There's a huge
truth that's never discovered. But what I do like is when characters
are sitting on the truth. And you don't know what's going to happen,
and you don't know what's going to come of it. That tension of . . .
how are they going to deal with the truth when it does come out,
or how are they going to deal with the fact that it may not come out?
That tension, and creating that, is something that unconsciously
I have been doing in my stories. When I look back, it's all about
truths and secrets. That's why the truth and the flaws of characters
fascinates me."
"Aida writes with such heart and passion, using such spare, poignant
prose," says Cali Dawson, co-founder and managing director of Bleeding
Heart Publications. "I remember going over this story in editing many
times and it never failed to give me goose bumps and make me sigh. I
was surprised that this novel hadn't been picked up for publication
by the time it hit my desk. But I was not surprised that Aida was
well known in her community and had published work before. She is a
natural and gifted writer."
Bleeding Heart Publicationswas created in 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand,
by a small, dedicated group of British and American ex-patriots led by
co-founders Gordon Ross, director, and Dawson. The independent press
has four books scheduled for publication in all formats in 2015 and
is aggressively seeking manuscripts and short stories from new and
previously published authors. Bleeding Heart Publications also will
publish Transfusion, a twice-yearly literary journal featuring short
stories of 5,000 words or less and poetry. The company is registered
in Singapore with editorial offices in Bangkok.
Bleeding Heart Publications launched in the US with a comprehensive
PR, advertising and social marketing campaign, including a full-page
ad that ran in the New York Times Book Review on Sunday, Nov. 30,
2014. It also has allocated six-figure USD budgets for marketing each
of its first two books.
Bleeding Heart Publications is partnering with Greenleaf Books
in Austin, Texas, to provide book and cover design, production and
distribution services, and marketing across all formats and platforms
in the US.
For more information about Aida Zilelian and The Legacy of Lost
Things, visit her author's website. For more information about
Bleeding Heart Publications, its authors and submission policies,
visit BHP's website.For media inquiries or to arrange an interview
with BHP's principals or authors, contact Scott Busby at The Busby
Group at [email protected] or 310.475.2914.
http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwbooks/article/Aida-Zilelian-Releases-Novel-on-an-Immigrant-Family-20141211