Along the Way
The first ripe pears, and a bearded old man by the road, praising it all. . [ 1543 ]
The first ripe pears, and a bearded old man by the road, praising it all. . [ 1543 ]
The following little story, which reads like a fairy tale — and would be, if every word of it were not true — is an old favorite of mine. Written in 2002 as part of No Time to Cut My Hair, it subsequently appeared in Ararat Quarterly in 2003; in Armenian translation in The Old Language in 2005; and in The Armenian Reporter in 2008. The accompanying image is from […]