 Cover designed by Sadegh Hedayat | |
| Author | Sadegh Hedayat |
|---|---|
| Language | Persian |
Publication date | 1937 |
| Publication place | Iran |
Published in English | 1957 |
| ISBN | 978-1-84749-069-8 |
The Blind Owl (1936; Persian: بوف کور, Boof-e koor, ) is Sadegh Hedayat's magnum opus and a major literary work of 20th-century Iran. Written in Persian, it is narrated by an unnamed pen case painter, who addresses his murderous confessions to a shadow on his wall that resembles an owl. His confessions do not follow a linear progression of events and often repeat and layer themselves thematically, thus lending to the open-ended nature of interpretation of the story.
