The Myth of Creation [Afsaneh-ye Afarinesh] is one of the earliest works by Iran's best-known twentieth-century writer, Sadeq Hedayat, whose popularity outside Iran is due mostly to his short novel, The Blind Owl. Little has been written in critical literature about this work, perhaps because c...

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1. Verfasser:	Hidāyat, Ṣādiq 1903-1951 (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser:	Ghanoonparvar, Mohammad Reza 1943- (ÜbersetzerIn), Behkalam, Kaya 1978- (IllustratorIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English Persian
Veröffentlicht:	Costa Mesa, California Mazda Publishers 1998
Schriftenreihe:	Bibliotheca Iranica. Performing arts series no. 4
Schlagworte:	Puppet plays, Persian > Translations into English
Zusammenfassung:	The Myth of Creation [Afsaneh-ye Afarinesh] is one of the earliest works by Iran's best-known twentieth-century writer, Sadeq Hedayat, whose popularity outside Iran is due mostly to his short novel, The Blind Owl. Little has been written in critical literature about this work, perhaps because critics find the subject matter too sensitive for its generally Jewish, Christian and Moslem audiences Given the general plot line of this story, Hedayat demonstrates an open skepticism towards the three major Middle Eastern religions, particularly Islam, by casting the characters of his story in the form of puppets. This suggests that even the "creator," as perceived by these three religions, is a mere puppet controlled by unseen hands
Beschreibung:	viii, 54 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:	1568590660