Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Foreword: Stone Dreams and Akram Aylisli's Life of the Mind -- Translator's Note -- The Curious Death of an Old Coat Check Girl, the Deadly Dangerous Joke of a Famous Artist, and the Party Card-Pistol -- O Almighty Lord, Be So Kind, Tell Me: Did You Create My Aylis or Did My Aylis Create You? -- The Young Author of a Play in Which Sadai Sadygly Will Never Perform Accuses the Former Master of the Country of Ethical-Moral Genocide against His Own People -- Dr. Abasaliev Claims That If a Single Candle Were Lit for Every Murdered Armenian, the Radiance of Those Candles Would Outshine the Moon -- Glossary of Terms -- Notes
Summary
Amid ethnic violence, political corruption, and petty professionalintrigue, an artist tries to live free of lies