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دو چشم بی سو
مجموعه داستان كوتاه
First published January 1, 1981
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August 24, 2017
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
تاریخ نخستین خوانش: سال 1984 میلادی
عنوان: دو چشم بی سو - مجموعه قصه؛ نویسنده: محسن مخملباف؛ تهران، حوزه هنری، چاپ نخست 1360؛ در 224 ص؛ چاپ دوم پائبز 1363؛ چاپ دیگر: 1365؛ موضوع: داستانهای کوتاه از نویسندگان ایرانی - قرن 20 م
ا. شربیانی
تاریخ نخستین خوانش: سال 1984 میلادی
عنوان: دو چشم بی سو - مجموعه قصه؛ نویسنده: محسن مخملباف؛ تهران، حوزه هنری، چاپ نخست 1360؛ در 224 ص؛ چاپ دوم پائبز 1363؛ چاپ دیگر: 1365؛ موضوع: داستانهای کوتاه از نویسندگان ایرانی - قرن 20 م
ا. شربیانی
March 2, 2008
The edition that I have is published in 1371 (Iranian Islamic calendar) by *Entesharat e Ettela'at* in Tehran. This is only 14 years after the Iranian revolution of 1979. The writer is (has been) part of a team of Iranian diplomats who come to the UN and as a result visit New York. He writes about America he witnesses with wit and humor and insight. His trip is rather short (only a few months), and compared to the length of his trip this book is surprisingly fair and balanced.
Most of the book is in the form of dialogue between unknown agents. A dialogue that sometimes verge on heated argument. My favorite part was the chapter on the taboo subject of relations with what the father of Iranian revolution once called "The Great Satan". (pp. 358-376) The two unidentified sides of arguments for and against having relation with the U.S. engage in a long discussion on the pros and cons of Iran's establishing the relations with the U.S. and at the end one party has obviously lost the debate.
I'm not sure how relevant the topics of this book are today, but my friends and I used to eagerly read bits and pieces of this book when it was published as a column in the Ettela'at newspaper back in the early 1990s. I bought the book as soon as it came out, but I didn't get a chance to read it all until recently. One more thing: It's important to read the book in its historical context. Back in those days, Jalal Rafi says things that run completely against the "common sense" of Islamic revolutionaries in Iran, so he has to be sensitive to the Revolution's "ideals" as well as say what he thinks is the right and fair. The reader has to keep in mind that the writer in his time was walking quite the tightrope there.
Most of the book is in the form of dialogue between unknown agents. A dialogue that sometimes verge on heated argument. My favorite part was the chapter on the taboo subject of relations with what the father of Iranian revolution once called "The Great Satan". (pp. 358-376) The two unidentified sides of arguments for and against having relation with the U.S. engage in a long discussion on the pros and cons of Iran's establishing the relations with the U.S. and at the end one party has obviously lost the debate.
I'm not sure how relevant the topics of this book are today, but my friends and I used to eagerly read bits and pieces of this book when it was published as a column in the Ettela'at newspaper back in the early 1990s. I bought the book as soon as it came out, but I didn't get a chance to read it all until recently. One more thing: It's important to read the book in its historical context. Back in those days, Jalal Rafi says things that run completely against the "common sense" of Islamic revolutionaries in Iran, so he has to be sensitive to the Revolution's "ideals" as well as say what he thinks is the right and fair. The reader has to keep in mind that the writer in his time was walking quite the tightrope there.
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