num_pages: 120
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: Persian
title: بوف کور
titlecomplete: بوف کور
genres: Classics, Philosophy, Novella, Novels, 20th Century, Literature, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Iran, Horror
ratings_count: 26715
publisher: صادق هدایت