DAVID OF SASSOON (bi-lingual)

by Hovhannes Toumanian, Translated by Thomas Samuelian, Illustrated by Aida Boyajian

The David of Sassoon presented here is Hovhannes Toumanian's captivating rhymed version of the third cycle of the epic. The epic spans four generations of the house of Sassoon, a mountainous enclave of the Armenian highlands, west of Lake Van and Mt. Ararat, known for its hearty folk and indomitable spirit. The epic took shape in the 10th century based on an oral tradition spanning centuries.