The Fog
Author:
Vrtanes Papazyan (70)
Category:
Prose (630)
Short story (666)
Armenian literature (383)
Age Recommendation: 13+
A masterpiece of Armenian social realism set in the late 19th-century Baku oil fields. The story depicts the grueling life of a migrant worker, exploring themes of alienation and the tragic clash between a dark industrial reality and a nostalgic longing for home, all shrouded in a symbolic, oppressive fog.