{"product_id":"blind-owl-sadeq-hedayat-paperback","title":"Blind Owl -- Sadeq Hedayat, Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new English translation of one of the most important, controversial Iranian novels of the twentieth century \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Penguin Classic \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten by one of the greatest Iranian writers of the twentieth century, Blind Owl tells a two-part story of an isolated narrator with a fragile relationship with time and reality. In first person, the narrator offers a string of hazy, dreamlike recollections fueled by opium and alcohol. He spends time painting the exact same scene on the covers of pen cases: an old man wearing a cape and turban sitting under a cypress tree, separated by a small stream from a beautiful woman in black who offers him a water lily. In a one-page transition, the reader finds the narrator covered in blood and waiting for the police to arrest him. In part two, readers glimpse the grim realities that unlock the mysteries of the first part. In a new translation that reflects Hedayat's conversational, confessional tone, \u003ci\u003eBlind Owl\u003c\/i\u003e joins the ranks of classics by Edgar Allan Poe, Franz Kafka, and Fyodor Dostoyevsky that explore the dark recesses of the human psyche.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sadeq Hedayat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.79h x 5.23w x 0.33d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143136583\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2022 pg. 87\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSadegh Hedayat\u003c\/b\u003e (1903-1950) is one of the most important Iranian prose writers of the twentieth century and is celebrated as the father of modernist Persian literature, credited with bringing modern Persian literature onto the international scene. Although born into a prominent aristocratic family, Hedayat's writings display an obsession with characters who populate the fringes of society--the base and the marginalized. In 1936, Hedayat published his most famous work, \u003ci\u003eBlind\u003c\/i\u003e, as a hand-written volume with original illustrations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSassan Tabatabai\u003c\/b\u003e (translator) is Master Lecturer in the Core Curriculum and World Languages and Literatures and coordinator of the Persian language program since 2011 at Boston University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eFather of Persian Verse: Rudaki and his Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUzunburun: Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSufi Haiku\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sadeq Hedayat","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49729062273252,"sku":"9780143136583","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780143136583.jpg?v=1787817475","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/blind-owl-sadeq-hedayat-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}