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    The Door was Open
    The Door was Open
    The Door was Open
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    The Door was Open

    By Karine Khodikyan

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    The short fiction of Karine Khodikyan can be described as intellectual fiction for women.


    These short stories with a "mystical touch" tell stories about women - young and old, happy and sad; even when the protagonist is not a woman, the story will immerse you into the life of a woman, revealing her role in anything and everyth

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGlagoslav Publications B.V.
    Release dateJun 1, 2022
    ISBN9781912894505
    The Door was Open
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    Karine Khodikyan

    Karine Khodikyan is an acclaimed playwright, screenwriter, fiction writer and journalist. She was the editor of the fiction and poetry division at Garun magazine for more than 12 years, and has been the editor-in-chief of Grakan Tert since 2011. She was the Deputy Minister of Culture and is currently the host of a TV show called Between You and Me on Public Television. Khodikyan's plays have been staged in Armenia, USA, Russia and Ukraine. She has published two books of plays and a book of short stories and is working on a humorous detective novel.

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