Three Drops of Blood - Softcover

Hedayat, Sadeq

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847492827 ISBN 13: 9781847492821

Publisher: Alma Classics, 2017

Synopsis

One of the most outstanding Persian writers of the last century is represented in this unique collection of stories, most appearing here for the first time in English This collection of short stories, previously unpublished in English, displays the disturbing and evocative force of Hedayat s writing, and confirms his place in the literary canon. They depict a world of revelation, uncanny similarity, grotesquery, and insanity. The title story, Three Drops of Blood, follows the protagonist s increasingly unstable mental state through the repeated occurrence of three drops of blood, while Hadji Murat depicts an almost Joycean epiphany in classically understated terms, as a man mistakes another woman for his wife. These are stories that, though set in a distinctive milieu, deal with univers

About this title

About the Author

Sadeq Hedayat was born in Tehran in 1903, of an aristocratic family, and spent most of his life there. In 1951, during a stay in Paris, Hedayat committed suicide. Recognized as the outstanding Persian writer of the 20th century, Hedayat is generally credited with having brought his country's language and literature into the mainstream of contemporary writing.

Review

"The father of modern Persian short stories." - The Guardian

Edition details

• Publisher: Alma Classics
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1847492827
• ISBN 13: 9781847492821
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 128