Dare the Sea: A Review
Dare the Sea, the debut English short story collection by Iranian American novelist Ali Hosseini, was published by the Northwestern University Press in 2023. The […]
Fiction
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 […]
That Cosy Corner on the Left
Mehdi Rabbi was born on August 19, 1980, in Ahwaz. In an introduction to his second book, he says “I write stories because I can’t help […]
Birthday of Reza Deldar-Nik
Short story by Mohammad Tolouei It happened in the middle of the ceremony. Although mom had made sure I went to the toilet just before […]
Hanover’s Goalkeeper
Two weeks ago, Robert Enke killed himself. He was the goalkeeper of both Hanover and the German national soccer team. Which one of the Iranian players would do something like that?
Review: Marziyeh Sotoudeh’s “Top Top Khamir”
From the short story collection The Care of Strangers Author: Marzieh Sotoudeh Language: Persian Publisher: H&S Media, 2013 Marziyeh Sotoudeh (b. 1957) is an Iranian-Canadian […]
The Sound of Souvenir
1 The novel starts on the stairs of a passenger bus, coming to contact with Anis’ shoes out of the blue. We have to be […]
Noofe Speculative Novel Awards
According to the Awards’ website, Noofe Speculative Novel Awards was founded in Winter 2019 sponsored by Peydayesh Books to promote Persian speculative fiction and support […]
Postscript to Silence
“This little space gradually grew large and larger until it occupied his whole heart and mind. An all-inclusive mass that, in spite of all his expertise and experience, was unnameable for him.”