Sadegh Hedayat

The Blind Owl

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An opium addict spirals into madness after losing a mysterious lover in this “extraordinary work” of modern Persian literature (The Times Literary Supplement, UK).
Sadegh Hedayat was Iran’s most renowned modern fiction writer, and his spine-tingling novel The Blind Owl is considered his seminal work. A classic of modern Iranian literature, this edition is presented to contemporary audiences with a new introduction by Porochista Khakpour, one of the most exciting voices from a new generation of Iranian-American authors.
A haunting tale of loss and spiritual degradation, The Blind Owl tells the story of a young opium addict’s despair after losing a mysterious lover. Through a series of intricately woven events that revolve around the same set of mental images—an old man with a spine-chilling laugh, four cadaverous black horses with rasping coughs, a hidden urn of poisoned wine—the narrator is compelled to record his obsession with a beautiful woman even as it drives him further into frenzy and madness.
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135 printed pages
Original publication
2010
Publication year
2010
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Quotes

  • raniahas quoted9 months ago
    I wished that I could run away from myself.
  • raniahas quoted9 months ago
    In the fine rain which softened the intensity of the colours and the clarity of the outlines I experienced a sense of liberation and tranquillity.
  • raniahas quoted9 months ago
    It had become a habit with me to go out for a walk every day just before sunset.

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