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Why Did the Translator Choose This Piece?
As a fan of modernist literature, it’s hard not to find joy in Vorpuni’s work. His characters sometimes break the fourth wall; as well, some of his scenes are narrated through shifting perspectives and alternate moments in time. These techniques are on full display in Room for Rent. The story is a fairly common trope in modernist literature, of a lost man threatened from all sides by work, machinery, and class struggles. But it also introduces some rather risqué moments that are not commonly found in Armenian literature.
Read the original source here.