Chris Bohjalian Quote

Are an Armenian, says the Turk with the handgun. I am. Where are you going? Damascus. Why? My sister lives there. What do you do? I’m an engineer. I’m working on the Baghdad Railway—the spur from Aleppo to Nusaybin. The British have captured Nasiriyah. I hadn’t heard that. He nods. Had you heard that an Armenian murdered a Turkish

Chris Bohjalian

Are an Armenian, says the Turk with the handgun. I am. Where are you going? Damascus. Why? My sister lives there. What do you do? I’m an engineer. I’m working on the Baghdad Railway—the spur from Aleppo to Nusaybin. The British have captured Nasiriyah. I hadn’t heard that. He nods. Had you heard that an Armenian murdered a Turkish

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About Chris Bohjalian

Chris A. Bohjalian (Armenian: Քրիս Պոհճալեան) is an Armenian-American novelist and the author of over twenty novels, including Midwives (1997), The Sandcastle Girls (2012), The Guest Room (2016), and The Flight Attendant (2018). Bohjalian's work has been published in over thirty languages, and three of his novels have been adapted into films. Bohjalian's The Flight Attendant has been adapted for a television drama starring Kaley Cuoco.