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The Colonel

RRP: Price: £9.99
Haus Price: £7.99 Friends of Haus: £6.75

 

Publication Date:
2011-07-01

ISBN:
9781906598891

Format:
Paperback

Territory:
World English language only

Category:
Fiction, New Titles

Pages:
243

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A pitch black, rainy night in a small Iranian town. Inside his house the Colonel is immersed in thought. Memories are storming in. Memories of his wife. Memories of the great patriots of the past, all of them assassinated or executed. Memories of his children, who had joined the different factions of the 1979 revolution. There is a knock on the door. Two young policemen have come to summon the Colonel to collect the tortured body of his youngest daughter and bury her before sunrise. The Islamic Revolution, like every other revolution in history, is devouring its own children. And whose fault is that? This shocking diatribe against the failures of the Iranian left over the last fifty years does not leave one taboo unbroken.

Click here to listen to an interesting Podcast of Barbara Schwepcke discussing the difficulties and importance of publishing authors like Mahmoud Dowlatabadi and the role of literature in revolutionary times.

'This novel has what it takes to become a strong and irresistible window into Iran' - Die Zeit



'...a passionate and informative fable of the Islamic revolution.' - Andre Naffis-Sahely, The Independent


Preview the book online here.


Translated from Persian by Tom Patterdale


*** Recommended by PEN ***


Banned in Iran, Haus Publishing is proud to bring The Colonel to the English language reader for the first time.

 

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