The Blind Owl, and Other Hedayat Stories
By (author): "Sadegh Hedayat"
Publish Date:
1935
ISBN0915327023
ISBN139780915327027
AsinThe Blind Owl, and Other Hedayat Stories
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Considered one of the most important works of modern Iranian literature, The Blind Owl is a haunting tale of loss and spiritual degradation. Replete with potent symbolism and terrifying surrealistic imagery, Sadegh Hedayat's masterpice details a young man's despair after losing a mysterious lover. As the narrator gradually drifts into madness, the reader becomes caught in the sandstorm of Hedayat's bleak vision of the human condition.