The Baron’s Melancholy Blues
Author: Asghar Abdollahi Publisher: Nilla; 2002 Available in other languages: No Asghar Abdollahi’s story revolves around the character of a young man working as a […]
Fiction
That Cozy Corner on the Left
Author: Mehdi Rabbi Publisher: Cheshmeh; 2007 That Cozy Corner on the Left is a collection of short stories by Mehdi Rabbi . The stories encompass the […]
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 […]
Tirgan Short Story Contest
Tirgan: an ancient celebration of Iranian arts and culture Tirgan refers to an ancient festival traditionally held in the month of July (the month of […]
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: […]
War and Silence
War and Silence Short story by Elli Dehnavi Translated from Persian by Kara Abdolmaleki Release Date: May 2015 Eight years have passed since the war […]
Natasha Moharramzadeh’s Top Reads
Natasha Moharramzadeh was born in 1979 in the northern city of Lahijan. She holds an MA degree in Art Research from the Art University of […]
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 […]
The Pomegranate Lady and Her Sons
Goli Taraghi (b. 1939 in Tehran) is an exilic Iranian writer living and working in France. Although her writings are frequently censored in her home country, they are widely circulated there and receive much attention form the public. The stories of this collection, The Pomegranate Lady and Her Sons translated from Persian to English by Sara Khalili, are chosen from a number of short story collections originally published in Persian.
Bombay Rain, Part II
Written by Payam Yazdanjoo | Translated by: Poupeh Missaghi | Edited by: Adam Seth | Header Photo by Matteo Vegetti (c) “Bombay Rain” was first published […]