The Blind Owl

Ṣādiq Hidāyat

earliest edition we have, 1971 Calder and Boyars, 1971 130 pages

Picador

Considered the most important work 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. And as the author gradually drifts into frenzy and madness, the reader becomes caught in the sandstorm of Hedayat's bleak visio...

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This book in English

D. P. Costello 1 printing we hold · 1994 · Grove Press

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Editions we hold

The Blind Owl paperback · 1994 · Grove Press · 144 pages · 9780802131805
The blind owl edition · 1986 · Calder · 130 pages
The blind owl edition · 1973 · Pan Books · 120 pages
The blind owl edition · 1971 · Calder and Boyars · 130 pages

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