Newmag Marks Its 200th Book with Narine Abgaryan’s “To live” (trailer)

“To live” brings together 31 poignant stories centered on the lives of people in the town of Berd during and after the First Artsakh War. These are stories of survival and loss, of everyday hardships and extraordinary resilience. Stories about people who endured the war, and those who didn’t.

War is never just headlines. It’s pain, blood, grief, and silence. It’s ruined homes, broken lives, inconsolable mothers, and children who never grew up. Narine Abgaryan captures all of this in her signature style: honest, intimate, and deeply human.

Her book sheds light on what often goes unnoticed in war, the quiet, brave persistence of ordinary people. Behind every explosion and every statistic are real lives, which Abgaryan renders with warmth, sadness, and hope. These stories are not only about the destruction of war but about the spirit to keep going, to live.

The official presentation of “To live” will take place on June 6, at 7:00 PM, at the Zangak bookstore, and will be held as a conversation with the author, moderated by Sona Torosyan.

The book was translated into Armenian by Narine Gizhlaryan, who has previously translated several of Abgaryan’s books published by Newmag.

The main partner of the book is ARGO Realty.