![]() Reincarnated as a Sword (Light Novel) Vol.The Blind Owl and Other Stories Related Books Full of powerful symbolism and terrifying imagery, this dark novella is Hedayat's masterpiece. ![]() 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. Initially banned in the author's native Iran, the novel first appeared in Tehran in 1941 and became a bestseller. 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. Book excerpt: Following a disjointed, vision-like structure, The Blind Owl is the nightmarish exploration of the psyche of a madman. This book was released on with total page 128 pages. Book Synopsis The Blind Owl and Other Stories by : Sadegh HedayatÄownload or read book The Blind Owl and Other Stories written by Sadegh Hedayat and published by Calder Publications Limited. ![]()
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