The Book of Isfahan
Authors: Ali Khodaei, Arash Sadeqbeigi, Jafar Modarres-Sadeghi, Keyhan Khanjani, Mohammad Tolouei, Nasibeh Fazlellahi Publication Date: 2015; Publisher: Ofoq Available in other languages: No The Book […]
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The Cheese Forest
Author: Fereshteh Ahmadi Publisher: Qoqnoos Publication Date: 2009 Available in other languages: No To discover the real cause of her father’s death, a girl embarks […]
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 […]
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 […]
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: […]
The Memories of Taj-al-Saltaneh: A History of Wonder and Anguish
Title: Crowning Anguish: Memoirs of a Persian Princess from the Harem to Modernity 1884-1914 Series: Persian Classics Author: Taj Al Saltana, Anna Vanzan, Abbas Amanat […]
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.