Viken Berberian

Viken Berberian, a writer and essayist, is the author of the novels The Cyclist (2002) and Das Kapital (2007), and, with Yann Kebbi, of the graphic novel, The Structure is Rotten, Comrade (2019). His work has appeared in Granta, The New York Times, and Foreign Affairs.

Armenia’s Tragedy in Shushi

Purged of its Armenian population during fighting over the disputed enclave of Artsakh, also known as Nagorno-Karabakh, the historic center now faces cultural cleansing.

December 21, 2020

The Art of Falling

An aging, beautiful, woman with a height of sixty-five inches, roughly the same as the canvas, slipped in front of a Jackson Pollock. It was Madame Moreau falling down, her limbs splayed across the floor in every direction.

July 26, 2018

Armenia’s Bad Week for Autocrats

The mass protests in Yerevan have, surprisingly, broken Armenia’s frozen pattern of power. The collective psychology of “it’s not allowed” has been turned on its head.

May 1, 2018

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