The Mourners of Bayal
Author: Gholamhossein Sa’edi Publication Date: 1964 Perhaps the best-known collection of Gholamhossein Sa’edi’s short stories, The Mourners of Bayal comprises eight interconnected stories, all of which […]
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Nocturnal Harmony of Lumbers’ Orchestra
Author: Reza Ghassemi Publisher: Cheshmeh; 2002 First published in the U.S. in 1996 (Nashr-e Ketab-e America) and then by the Iranian publisher Cheshmeh, it was […]
Scorpion on Andimeshk Railway Stairs
Title: Scorpion on Andimeshk Railway Stairs, or This Train is Bleeding, Sir! Series: Contemporary Iranian Fiction Author: Hossein Mortezai’ean Abkenar Genre: Novel – War Literature Publisher: […]
Shazdeh Ehtejab
Author: Houshang Golshiri Publication date: 1969 Available in other languages: Yes Shazdeh Ehtejab (or Prince Ehtejab), Houshang Golshiri’s magnum opus first released in 1969, is […]
Men at Work: Cinematic Lessons from Abbas Kiarostami
Mahmoud-Reza Sani, a name that we will be hearing more in the future, has been a student of Kiarostami during a European workshop. Now comes […]
The Blind Owl
Author: Sadeq Hedayat Translator: D. B. Costello Publication Date: 1937 (Persian); 1958 (English) ISBN: 9780802144287 The night was departing on tip-toe. One felt that it had shed sufficient […]