Sadegh Hedayat was an Iranian author and translator, one of the first Iranian writers to take on modernism in his work. When I eventually returned to it in college, I was amazed at how much I’d missed, and reading it with my fellow HOWLers allowed me to relive that experience! BEHIND THE PEN I first read Boof-E Koor when I was probably too young, yet my mind was not free of the owl. A wildly unconventional piece of literature, with subtle plays on the Persian language, The Blind Owl is a must for lovers of literature. Hedayat leads us through the non-linear story of an unnamed narrator, plagued by death and murderous intentions. This brilliant book is the literary manifestation of a fever dream. By ghazal ghaffari of the most important books from Iran, and Hedayat’s magnum opus.
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