Description
Eight years after the local and international success of The Crystal Man, acclaimed author Elfik Zohrabyan returns with a bold new collection — February 30, featuring 8 modern fairy tales that challenge the boundaries of genre and traditional storytelling.
These tales are not merely fairy tales — they are reflections on the human condition, told with biting humor, sharp satire, and cinematic transitions. Themes of love, friendship, homeland, gratitude, sanity, and civic responsibility are explored through a postmodern lens.
In the title story, set in the year 4509, airborne scientists discover that February 30th was once erased from the calendar. Why? Other tales ponder whether mistakes in life — unlike those fixed with a magical eraser — can ever truly be undone.
With its inventive codes, genre-blending techniques, and fusion of the national and universal, February 30 brings a fresh, bold voice to Armenian storytelling.
Elfik Zohrabyan is an award-winning playwright and fairy tale writer, honored with the Mark Twain and William Saroyan International Prizes, the Levon Shant Prize, and the Movses Khorenatsi Medal.
| Title in Armenian | Էլֆիք Զոհրաբյան «Փետրվարի 30» (Հեքիաթներ) |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Elfik Zohrabyan |
| Language(s) | Armenian |
| Publisher(s) | Antares |
| Year | 2025 |
| Pages | 144 |
| Binding | Hardcover |
| Size | 20 x 23 cm |
| ISBN | 9789939984339 |
Էլֆիք Զոհրաբյան, Փետրվարի 30, մանկական գրականություն, հեքիաթ