num_pages: 128
description: Considered one of the most important works 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. As the narrator gradually drifts into madness, the reader becomes caught in the sandstorm of Hedayat's bleak vision of the human condition.
language: English
title: The Blind Owl
titlecomplete: The Blind Owl
genres: Fiction, Philosophy, Iran, Horror, Literature, Classics, Novels, 20th Century, Novella, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 26718
publisher: Picador