Jesus’ Cat

FOR THE “LITTLE GUY” A human being has entered the world of literature; he knocked softly on the door, walked in with his stories in his hands, and is standing there, waiting. There is a reason why the word “human” was emphasized in the beginning. One of the most talented writers of the young generation, Grig, has entered the world of literature looking for human beings, to understand and to get to know them better and to avoid hating them despite knowing them, and instead to learn to love them. He has come to support human beings in their most difficult of tests, their gravest of missions – to live. Who else would agree to take on such a burden? Who else would be ready to support “the little guy” if not the Human Being? From the very beginning, Grig has stuck his “ladle” so deep into the twisted broth of the human soul, into its tangles and paradoxes, that you can’t help but be afraid – will he have the strength to pull it out, extract it from there and see what comes out? Will he be scared by what he sees, will he manage to bear it? I’m convinced that he will manage, because he has set about his task with talent and patient diligence, because he loves human beings and literature; the twenty stories brought together in his first book, Jesus’ Cat, bear witness to that. Globalization, standardization, noisy ups-and-downs, barbarity, emptiness, political and religious conflicts, wars… How many “little guys” are squished both spiritually and physically under the powerful quakes of all these things? It is easy to love your nation, your people, the whole of humanity, but it is extremely difficult to simply and truly love one person, one individual. Today, literature is unfortunately also being swallowed by Big Business and Politics, serving their whims and interests, and taking writers with it too, subjecting them to the same, standardizing them, and it is only the rare brave soul that maintains an independent view, and continues to fight for mankind’s genuine freedom, justice, true love and faith, for the sake of real literature. Grig is one of the brave souls. Grig has something to say. He says it through these wonderful stories today; I have no doubt that he will also say it through novellas and novels tomorrow. Gurgen Khanjyan JESUS’ CAT