William Saroyan – The Oyster and the Pearl (Plays)

William Saroyan – The Oyster and the Pearl (Plays)This collection of short plays presents a rich variety of William Saroyan’s dramatic works—written not only for experimental stages, but also for readers. These original, humor-filled one-act plays, created between the 1930s and 1950s for opera, ballet, radio, and television, showcase Saroyan’s unique blend of charm, eccentricity, and humanity. Included for the first time in Armenian is the powerful play The Suffering of Small Nations. Though many of these works remain lesser known, they offer a vivid glimpse into Saroyan’s dramatic voice and his deep concern for human dignity, imagination, and the fate of small peoples. As the master of literary eccentricity once said, “Anyone who reads a play becomes a better person,” because the reader stages the performance in their mind. A must-have for Saroyan fans and readers of theatrical literature alike. Title in Armenian Ուիլյամ Սարոյան - Ոստրեն ու մարգարիտը Author(s) William Saroyan