The blind owl and other stories
Hidāyat, Ṣādiq, 1903-19512017
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Following a disjointed, vision-like structure, 'The Blind Owl' is the nightmarish exploration of the psyche of a madman. The narrator is an ailing, solitary misanthrope who suffers from hallucinations, and his dreamlike tale is layered, circular, driven by its own demented logic, and punctuated with macabre and surreal episodes such as the discovery of a mutilated corpse, and a bizarre competition in which two men are locked in a dungeon-like room with a cobra. Initially banned in the author's native Iran, the novel first appeared in Tehran in 1941 and became a bestseller. Full of powerful symbolism and terrifying imagery, this dark novella is Hedayat's masterpiece.
Main title:
The blind owl and other stories / Sadegh Hedayat ; translated by D.P. Costello and Deborah Miller Mostaghel.
Author:
Hidāyat, Ṣādiq, 1903-1951Costello, D. P. 1912-1964 (Desmond Patrick), translatorMostaghel, Deborah Miller, translator
Imprint:
London : Calder Publications, 2017.
Collation:
281 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9780714544588 (pbk)
Dewey class:
891.5533
LC class:
PK6561.H43
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1933101