Blind Owl,Sadeq Hedayat's masterpiece,tells the story of a young pen-case painter and his heartbreak. Isolated and alone,he mourns the loss of a mysterious love while descending into recollections and dreams frosted over by opium and alcohol,and imbued with the images he paints: an old man,a cypress tree,a beautiful woman,a waterlily. In stark,lyrical terms,the puzzle of the pen-case painter's grief is slowly unveiled ...As inscrutable as it is universal,Blind Owl is the seminal work of Persian modernism,and one of the great novels of the twentieth century.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780143136583Number of pages: 112Weight: 96 gDimensions: 195 x 130 x 8 mm
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"a much-needed and clear translation"-Amir-Hussein Radjy,The New York Times"The eerie,phantasmal Blind Owl...possesses the fully dimensional oddness of a vivid dream,which one can mine for interpretations,analyze for influences or simply submit to."-Sam Sacks,Wall Street Journal
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