The Bandit's Song
Author:
Mkrtich Armen (30)
Category:
Prose (60)
Short story (473)
Armenian literature (40)
Age Recommendation: 16+
Mkrtich Armen's "The Bandit's Song" juxtaposes two stark camp worlds: Pavel Shevchenko, an elderly political prisoner and music professor, and the young, cruel criminal who robbed him. Despite his pain, Shevchenko discovers the bandit possesses a miraculously beautiful tenor voice and desperately pleads with him not to destroy his talent.