The blind owl

Author's name: Sadiq Hedayat Publisher: Al-Jamal Publications for Publishing and Distribution Year of publication: 2021 Literary classification: Novel Brief about the book: "The Blind Owl" is the remarkable work of Sadiq Hedayat, which has been translated into most living languages. It represents a narrative weaving with distinctive features... The symbol is embedded in its events until it becomes an artistic piece for the owl, as if it were Gojkenda Leonardo da Vinci. Its vision is determined by the observer, so perhaps the owl represents the oppressed human or is hope that imposes its ray from the clouds of life's torments... or it is conscience that causes unrest, or it is an imagination in which the tired find comfort, as Sadiq Hedayat finds comfort in it. A question echoes about this philosophical imagination overflowing with Sadiq Hedayat: Was it due to his aristocratic upbringing and his rejection of it and the social and political dictatorial conditions prevalent in Iran, in addition to Hedayat's introversion and solitude, which reflected in his masterpiece "The Blind Owl"? Or is this influenced by folk literature, especially the literature of Edgar Allan Poe and Franz Kafka? Or does this influence return to all these factors combined? All of that is reasonable, but what is important now is to return to this "Blind Owl" to read its lines... and to run with Sadiq Hedayat behind that eternal symbol, represented in the splendor of creative selfish imagination.