Work
Most short stories by Kotsoyev are tragic ones. The action is often about the severe traditions of the highlanders, such as "blood revenge" (vendetta), irad (bride-money), and superstitions. Arsen Kotsoyev wrote a lot about the place for a person from traditional highland culture in the new, Europe-oriented world, and about the fate of a highlander in a larger city.
Kotsoyev also translated a lot. For example, he translated several stories by Pushkin into Ossetic.
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