The Calvert Journal has recently published its review of Jean-Chat Tekgyozyan’s novel The Fleeting City with the heading Surrealist novel The Fleeting City takes down Armenia’s social taboos. 

“By mining the cavernous stronghold of Armenia’s many forbidden subjects, he finds a cache of lively, honest humour, delivered through vivid, sensory storytelling. With a touch of magical realism, The Fleeting City subtly knocks down the “forbidden fruits” of Armenian society, which still dominate the lives of the country’s younger generations: including homosexuality, premarital relations, and gender fluidity.”