Past and Present: Elderly couple in Shushi struggles for life in liberated town
The mother who lost three sons continues to struggle for her husband’s life.
Lying on a bed in the corner of a small room, with catheters attached to his body, an old man still braves his condition and according to an old custom tries to greet his guests by reciting from his favorite poems – but the excruciating pain has rendered him unable even to speak… The family of 80-year-old Liparit and 75-year-old Nora is one of the many in Shushi who have shared the difficult fate of the town and their generation who had to flee from ethnic persecutions. Reply |