Panko Anchev places Matevossian among the foremost writers of the twentieth century, rejecting condescension towards the literatures of small nations.
For the critic, the writer’s Armenian world is no exotic spectacle: its history and human contradictions reveal a shared human experience.
Anchev emphasises that national distinctiveness does not limit this prose’s significance. The culture of a small nation participates in the world’s cultural dialogue as an equal.