Kalib: The Young Armenian from ’29 Dimes’
Kalib is a character in the novel ’29 Dimes’. Kalib is a young Armenian computer whiz with a lot on his shoulders. He has a hard time dealing with the tragedy of his family’s past due to the Turks’ Armenian Genocide. Here’s bits n’ pieces of an excerpt from ’29 Dimes’ as Kalib unleashes his anger, “How can they expect us just to forget it like it never happened? Dad used to tell me about how my great grandfather was killed for no reason by the Turks. For no f#*king reason! …I don’t care anymore! I tried so hard! It’s like the more I keep tryin’ to be here the more people keep treating me like I don’t belong here!”
’29 Dimes’ is set in the Los Angeles community of Silver Lake. This provocative coming-of-age novel follows seven eclectic characters during their summer break, with each one having an experience that will shape and change their young lives forever. One hot crazy summer. Seven hungry hearts. 29 Dimes
’29 Dimes’ is set in the Los Angeles community of Silver Lake. This provocative coming-of-age novel follows seven eclectic characters during their summer break, with each one having an experience that will shape and change their young lives forever. One hot crazy summer. Seven hungry hearts. 29 Dimes
Author Randolph R. Camp at ECC, March 2014
Contemporary Author Randolph Randy Camp
