Recognized as the outstanding Iranian writer of the twentieth century, Sadegh Hedayat is credited with having brought his country's language and literature into the mainstream of contemporary writing. The Blind Owl, long considered a classic and often compared to the works of Poe, chillingly recreat
The Blind Owl
✍ Scribed by Hedayat, Sadegh
- Book ID
- 126200045
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 16 KB
- Edition
- 3rd printing, 2001
- Category
- Standards
- ISBN-13
- 9780802131805
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✦ Synopsis
Considered one of the most important works of modern Iranian literature, The Blind Owl is a haunting tale of loss and spiritual degradation. Replete with potent symbolism and terrifying surrealistic imagery, Sadegh Hedayat's masterpice details a young man's despair after losing a mysterious lover. As the narrator gradually drifts into madness, the reader becomes caught in the sandstorm of Hedayat's bleak vision of the human condition.
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