Published in Farsi language by the „Sadegh Hedayat Foundation" and the renowned „Iranian Burnt Books Foundation", this is the fourth volume of the revised and according to original manuscripts comparatively updated complete works of Sadegh Hedayat, the renowned Iranian novelist. This volume contains his most prominent novel "bufe kur" (the blind owl) published for the first time in its original (non-censored) version. The volume furthermore includes the original handwritten manuscript (facsimile) of the novel as well as a collection of critics by prominent international writers. The volume closes with the so called "poetics of bufe kur". Sadegh Hedayat was born on 17 February 1903 in Tehran, at his father"s house. His father was Hedayat Gholi Khan-e Hedayat(E"tezad-Ol-Molk),son of Jafar GholiKhan-e Hedayat,his mother was ,Ozra-Zivar-Ol-Moluk Hedayat,daughter of Hossein GholiKhan-e Mokhber-ol-Dole the second. His parent was from the line of Reza GholiKhan; who was one of the famous...