Real Fiction / Siranuș Hakobian, Ionuţ Morariu, Ana-Maria Butuza, translated by Alina Bâznă: The Important Thing Is to Participate

Siranuș HakobianIt’s the third time the boss is scolding her today and it’s not even lunch time. She’s messed up some balance-sheets again: her hands are shaking and she has tears in her eyes. She goes to the bathroom and comes back with reddened eyes and cheeks. We pretend that we’re extremely busy, noses shoved into …