Horse's head
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Jaafar Modarres-Sadeghi ; translated from the Persian by Ali Anooshahr with M. R. Ghanoonparvar ; edited with an introduction by M. R. Ghanoonparvar
Contributors: Anooshahr, Ali, 1975-; Ghanoonparvar, M. R. (Mohammad R.)
Series: Bibliotheca Iranica. Persian fiction in translation series -- no. 11
Publisher: Mazda Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Costa Mesa, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9781568592145
Subjects: Self-realization; Fiction
Work titles: Kalleh-ye Asb
Description: "Horse's Head is a quest story of sorts in which the protagonist, Kasra, an unemployed white-collar worker, becomes acquainted with a young Kurdish woman and is infatuated with her and her plight with regard to Kurdish autonomy; after her departure he goes to the Kurdish regions in search of her, to in fact find himself. In a sense, Kasra, whose life seems aimless, is searching for a cause, a reason to give his existence meaning, and he tries to make the Kurdish girl's cause his own"--Jacket.