Her first novel , La masseria delle allodole , was published by Rizzoli in 2004 . Drawing on the history of her own recent ancestors it tells of the attempts of the members of an Armenian family caught up in the Armenian Genocide to escape to Italy and join a relation who had been living there for forty years . Among other awards , it won the Premio Berto , Premio Fregene , Premio Stresa di Narrativa , Premio Fenice-Europa for 2004 . It was also a finalist and winner of the 2004 Premio Campiello award . After winning the Il Campiello Secondo Noi by a spectacular margin - the book received nearly 50 % of all votes , outstripping the book in second place by 26 votes - Antonia Arslan 's '' La masseria delle allodole '' was expected to win the Premio Super-Campiello easily . After a stunning series of unexplained events , it scandalously came in second place for that award , possibly due to political calculations , losing for two votes . Incidentally , the difference of one vote would have triggered a recasting of the votes . In 2005 '' La masseria delle allodole '' was awarded the Premio P.E.N. and the Premio Manzoni . . The book has been translated into numerous languages , including a translation into English by Geoffrey Brock as '' Skylark Farm , '' published by Knopf in 2007 , and was selected as a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award / It inspired the Taviani brothers ’ 2007 film '' La Masseria Delle Allodole '' ( '' The Lark Farm '' in English )
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Antonia Arslan