The Blind Owl and Other Stories

Written in Persian, The Blind Owl is predominantly a love story - an unconventional love story that elicits visions and nightmare reveries from the depths of the reader's subconscious. A young man, an old man and a beautiful young girl perform, as if framed within a Persian miniature, a ritual of destruction as gradually the narrator, and the reader, discover the meaning hidden within the dreams. This unforgettable story contains a unique blend of the mystery of the Arabian Nights and an acutely contemporary sense of panic and hallucination. Contains an introduction by Homa Katouzian, professor at St Antony's College and the Oriental Institute, University of Oxford. Only edition in print of major literary work of twentieth-century Iran.