num_pages: 148
description: 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 masterpiece 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 vision of the human condition. The Blind Owl, which has been translated into many foreign languages, has often been compared to the writing of Edgar Allan Poe.
language: English
title: The Blind Owl
titlecomplete: The Blind Owl
genres: 20th Century, Iran, Philosophy, Novella, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Horror, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 26711
publisher: Grove/ Evergreen