David of Sassoon, Armenian Folk Epic, rendered into English by Zaven Nalbandian (hardcover)

“In 1953, a comprehensive and definitive text of Sassountsi Tavit (David of Sassoun) was published in Armenia. The present volume is Nalbandian’s translation of the totality of its 13,000 verses into English. In this labor of love, Nalbandian both translated and polished the images of the text without damaging its clarity. Eloquent in itself, the work requires no further presentation” (Khatchig Tololyan).

This illustrated translation of David of Sassoun by Zaven Nalbandian brings to the reader the flavor of the Armenian epic. “I know of no other epic which can symbolize with as much amplitude and continuity in time, the destiny of a whole nation from its legendary origins to the most recent pages of its history” (Chake Der Melkonian-Minassian).