Three Drops of Blood Hedayat SadeghPaperback
Three Drops of Blood Hedayat SadeghPaperback This collection, previously unpublished in English, displays all the evocative force of Hedayat's writing, and confirms his place in the literary canon.…
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Three Drops of Blood Hedayat SadeghPaperback
This collection, previously unpublished in English, displays all the evocative force of Hedayat's writing, and confirms his place in the literary canon. Written before the revolution of 1979, Hedayat's stories were banned by the Tehran authorities in 2006. The title story follows the protagonist's increasingly unstable mental state through the repeated occurrence of three drops of blood, while 'Hajji Morad' depicts an almost Joycean epiphany in classically understated terms, as a man mistakes another woman for his wife.
Addressing themes such as marriage and divorce customs and the displacemen