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hardcover, 6 x 9, 256 pages
ISBN: 978-1-59714-104-8 $21.95 Join Friends of Heyday and save 20% on your purchase. Download Press Kit Riverbig: A Novel
Aris Janigian
A captivating tale of self-discovery and second chances This broad-shouldered work of fiction—the follow-up to Bloodvine, Aris Janigian's acclaimed first novel—continues the tale of Andy Demerjian. Having finished college, returned to farming, and undergone a chain of disasters, he is now landless. Desperate to support his wife and two sons, Demerjian embarks on a series of ventures that put his integrity and mettle to the test. Set in California's Central Valley, and ranging in time from World War II to the drug wars of the 1960s, Riverbig explores both emotional terrain and physical topography as it transports the reader through the valley and into the rhythms of rural life. Advanced Praise "In Riverbig, Aris Janigian combines all the pent-up rages of the old world with the rare and fragile hopes of the new. The result is a novel both delicate and robust—a masterpiece." —Carolyn See, author of There Will Never Be Another You and Golden Days
"Crimes litter the floor of California's great Central Valley like fallen plums in Aris Janigian's compelling new novel Riverbig. Old ties of blood, friendship, and memory are harshly tested, and a new menace blights immigrant dreams, but hope takes root in the valley's generous yet unforgiving soil. Lyrical as well as epic, Riverbig is a remarkable achievement." —D. J. Waldie, author of Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir
"Aris Janigian's Riverbig—deep, sad, soaring—is the work of a prodigiously gifted novelist who writes like no one else." —Aram Saroyan, author of Friends in the World: The Education of a Writer
Reviews "Janigian's prose provides rich detail (and then some) on agricultural life in an engrossing, satisfying tale of betrayal, feud and redemption."—Publishers Weekly "With Riverbig, Janigian has succeeded in weaving a tale of Valley life so seamless, the geography and scope make Fresno and Armenia as close as Clovis and Sanger....Janigian's prose is concise and deft and makes an impression, like an antique Corona typewriter would a piece of 8 and a half by 11."—The Fresno Undercurrent 
Photo by In Sun Janigian About the Author A second-generation Armenian American, Aris Janigian was born in Fresno, California, and currently lives in Los Angeles with his family. He returns to the Fresno area annually to work as a grape packer and shipper. He is the author of Bloodvine and the coauthor, with April Greiman, of Something from Nothing. |
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