Sadegh Hedayat

The book: The Blind Owl (1936)

Tells the story of an unnamed pen case painter, the narrator, who sees in his macabre, feverish nightmares that "the presence of death annihilates all that is imaginary. We are the offspring of death and death delivers us from the tantalizing, fraudulent attractions of life; it is death that beckons us from the depths of life.

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What is Sadegh Hedayat best known for?

Sadegh Hedayat is best known for The Blind Owl, published in 1936 with 34 ratings and a 3.7 average. It is the most-rated of Sadegh Hedayat's books on SansFiction.

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Sadegh Hedayat's books on SansFiction are tagged English Fiction, Iran and Romance.