Majid's Tales

Majid's Tales or The Tales of Majid (Persian: قصه‌های مجید) is a collection of short stories by Iranian author Houshang Moradi Kermani. Many years before it became a book, it was a radio program script (1974).^[1] In 1985, the script was adapted into a book and published.^[1] The main character, Majid, is an orphan who lives with his grandmother in the city of Kerman, Iran. The book includes 39 chapters detailing the adventures, misadventures, and coming-of-age milestones from the perspective of this Iranian teenager attending the first year of high school.^[2] Majid works in a bakery during the summer and sometimes after school in order to supplement the money that his grandmother receives from her deceased husband's retirement funds.^[1] There are some similarities between the fictional character, Majid, and Kermani. For example, Majid is an orphan, while in real life, Kermani lost his mother when he was young.^[3] Additionally, Majid and Kermani do not have any siblings and lived in poverty while growing up.^[3] It was in this state of solitude and loneliness that Kermani began to write.^[3]