The Forty Days of Musa Dagh (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Franz Werfel
- First Published: 1933
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: 1915
- Setting: Near Antioch, Syria
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Revolutionaries, 1910’s, Guerrillas or guerrilla warfare, Turkey or Turkish people, Persecution, Armenia or Armenians
- Locales: Antioch, Syria
Characters Discussed
Gabriel Bagradian, a loyal Armenian, although he is an officer in the Ottoman reserves. Married to a Frenchwoman and long a resident of Paris, he has returned to his native village, Yoghonoluk, in order to settle some business affairs managed by his older brother Avetis, who has just died. Gabriel has never been able to forget his Armenian home and ancestry. The mountain, Musa Dagh, is as dear to him as if it were a relative. War is imminent, and the Turkish plan is to exile all the Armenians of the district. After Gabriel assumes leadership of the...
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