Majid's Tales

Majid's Tales
AuthorHoushang Moradi Kermani
Original titleقصه‌های مجید
LanguagePersian
Publication date
1974
Publication placeIran
Pages680

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]

  1. ^ a b c Ashrafi, Sepideh. "معرفی کتاب و فیلم قصه‌های مجید". ketabak.org. samandehi.ir. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  2. ^ مرادی کرمانی, هوشنگ (2002). قصه‌های مجید. تهران: انتشارات معین. ISBN 964-5643-88-0.
  3. ^ a b c Salehi, Mohammad (November 8, 2015). "گفت‌وگو با خالق قصه‌های مجید". tebyan.net. Retrieved 2017-10-09.