{"product_id":"blind-owl-paperback","title":"Blind Owl - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSadeq Hedayat\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSassan Tabatabai\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eSassan Tabatabai\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new English translation of one of the most important, controversial Iranian novels of the twentieth century \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSadegh Hedayat\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Tehran in 1903 and is considered one of the most important Iranian prose writers of the twentieth century. He is celebrated as the father of modernist Persian literature and is 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, while living in Bombay, he published his most famous work, \u003ci\u003eBlind Owl\u003c\/i\u003e, as a hand-written volume with original illustrations. Hedayat took his own life in Paris in 1951. Despite his short literary life, Hedayat was a prolific writer and leaves behind a copious body of work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSassan Tabatabai\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Tehran in 1967 and has been living in the United States since 1980. He is a poet, translator, and scholar of medieval Persian literature. He is Master Lecturer in World Languages and Literatures and the Core Curriculum, and Coordinator of the Persian Language Program at Boston University. Tabatabai is the author of \u003ci\u003eFather of Persian Verse: Rudaki and His Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e (Leiden University Press, 2010), \u003ci\u003eUzunburun: Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (Pen and Anvil Press, 2011), and \u003ci\u003eSufi Haiku\u003c\/i\u003e (Nemi Books, 2021).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.33 x 7.79 x 5.23 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 12, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51999122161965,"sku":"9780143136583","price":16.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/eVRSYVpEQVB2NXNoNkJhV3ZTUGRjUT09.webp?v=1776534474","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/blind-owl-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}