40m
Sakul Went on a Pilgrimage
Author:
Nar-Dos (34)
Reader: Anahit Kirakosyan (431)
Category:
Prose (621)
Short story (657)
Armenian literature (374)
Age Recommendation: 13+
Tiflis at the end of the nineteenth century. Sakul, a poor carpenter weakened by a long illness, can barely work or support his family. His wife Nato and his elderly mother search for a way to help him, turning both to medical care and to traditional beliefs and pilgrimage. Through the family's everyday life, the story portrays poverty, helplessness in the face of illness, and the social conditions of the urban poor of the period.