The blind owl
The blind owl ( Persian بوف کور, Būf-e Kūr ) is a short novel by the Iranian writer Sadeq Hedayat . He is considered his masterpiece.
The dark novel is about a painter's confession to his shadow with the outline of an owl. He tells him about his nightmares , in which he grapples with death and its effects on life.
The book was published in 1936 during Reza Shah's reign as a limited edition in Mumbai , where Hedayat was staying at the time. After Reza Shah's abdication in 1941, the novel was published in Iran and immediately received a strong response.
André Breton described The Blind Owl as a classic of surrealism .
The work was filmed in 1987 by the Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz .
interpretation
The work contains, among other things, allusions to Tibetan Buddhism , especially the Bardo Thodol . Often scenes and memories are intoxicated intertwined, so that no clear dramaturgical plot can be retold.
German-language editions (selection)
- The blind owl: a novel and nine short stories from Persian by Bahman Nirumand , Frankfurt: Eichborn 1990, series Die Other Bibliothek , ISBN 978-3-8218-4064-2 .
- Sadeq Hedayat: The blind owl (= library Suhrkamp 1248). Translation by Bahman Nirumand . Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1997, ISBN 3-518-22248-1 .
- Sadeq Hedayat: The blind owl. Translation by Gerd Henninger. Goethe & Hafis, Bonn 2003, ISBN 3-9807909-2-4 .
Web links
- Online edition (Persian)
- English translation by Iraj Bashiri
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sadeq Hedayat, Iranien (1903-1951) ( Memento of the original from October 10, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , éditions Corti
- ↑ NDR: The blind owl. Retrieved May 14, 2020 .
