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.