Mahmoud Dowlatabadi

A Novel of the Iran-Iraq War';Dowlatabadi draws a detailed, realist picture of Iranian life ... in language that is complex and lyrical.' The Financial TimesIn the midst of the IranIraq War, an Iraqi journalist is given a tour of a military prison. The Major in charge of the camp informs the writer of what is expected: he is to write a...

A NovelWinner of the 2013 Jan Michalski PrizeLonglististed for the Man Asian Literary PrizeA new novel by the master of Iranian letters that directly engages politics in Iran today  Ten years in the writing, this fearless novelso powerful it's banned in Irantells the stirring story of a tortured people forced to live under successive...