#Sadeq Hedayat

[derangedrhythms]

I had seen the dust of death sprinkled over my eyes, I had seen that I must go.

Sadeq Hedayat, The Blind Owl and Other Stories; from 'The Blind Owl', tr. D. P. Costello

[lillyli-74]

In this kind of weather I always tended to think of death.

~Sadeq Hedayat

[obsessioncollector]

Don’t lovers always feel they have known each other before, that a strange relationship has always existed between them? 

Sadeq Hedayat, Blind Owl

[dynamobooks]

Sadeq Hedayat: Blind Owl (1937)

[chauphamillustration]

“But I needed those eyes. Only one look from her was enough to solve all philosophical problems and divine riddles - one look from her and there would be no more secrets.” (“Blind Owl”, Sadeq Hedayat).

I bought this book on a whim despite the lack of reviews and it turned out exactly my cup of tea. This illustration was inspired by the story.

[catos-wound]

44 + 45 for the book ask? ^^

44: the books that have become part of my makeup

iliaddddd (no one is surprised). no longer human by dazai osamu. the kite runner by khaled hosseini. crush by richard siken. regrettably hp is also a big part of me and i dont want to be ashamed by my childhood fascination with magic. so it stays with me, mostly silently.

45: books i would sell my soul to see adapted into film

tough question because i dont like watching shows/movies -> just not my go to media form. though i think i would look forward to one of convenience store woman by sayaka murata, a wild sheep chase by haruki murakami, or blind owl by sadeq hedayat. all explorations of weirder topics i believe that can make for a surreal watch experience.

chess by stefan zweig could be interesting as well! and sweet bean paste by durian sukegawa for a nice, chill watch with a friend :)

[famousblueraincoatmp3]

Reading list: 20 short book recommendations

books 300 pages or less that are still very impactful!

1. asleep by banana yoshimoto 2. conversations in a cathedral by mario vargas llosa 3. köttets tid/carnality by lina wolff 4. in the café of lost youth by patrick modiano 5. jazz by toni morrison 6. notes from underground by fyodor dostoyevsky 7. gilead by marilynne robinson 8. kusamakura by natsume soseki 9. kallocain by karin boye, predates 1984 10. year of the hare by arto paasilinna 11. kain by josé saramago 12. woman at point zero by nnawal el saadawi 13. cockroaches by scholastique mukasonga TW: rwandan genocide 14. shout sister shout! by gayle f wald.  15. the womens revolution by judy cox 16. the gilda stories by jewelle gomez 17. blind owl by sadeq hedayat 18. the autobiography of my mother by jamaica kincaid 19. vile bodies by evelyn waugh 20. kitchen curse by eka kurniawan

[idooodles]

The blind owl by Sadeq Hedayat

“His symbolism of women in this book is illuminating. Eyes and faces are important, because woman is associated with creative reflections. The writer who is seeking confirmation of identity is desperate for the eyes or the face that can respond to him in order to confirm his being. When the narrator can not find such confirmation his life is forfeit. At this point, the ethereal woman's face and eyes connect woman with death. The problem of woman now becomes problem of existence and meaninglessness.”

[dontyouknowitszakra]

I had seen the dust of death sprinkled over my eyes, I had seen that I must go.

Sadeq Hedayat, The Blind Owl and Other Stories; from 'The Blind Owl', tr. D. P. Costello

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[derangedrhythms]

I always mocked life, the world and its peoples all seemed like a game, a humiliation, something empty and meaningless. I wanted to sleep a dreamless sleep and not wake up again.

Sadeq Hedayat, The Blind Owl and Other Stories; from 'Buried Alive', tr. Deborah Miller Mostaghel

[imwomn]

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Currently reading: blind owl - sadeq hedayat

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[obsessioncollector]

The only thing that scares me is that I will die tomorrow without having known myself. In life, I have encountered a dark abyss that separates me from others. I understand that as much as possible, I must remain extinguished and keep my thoughts to myself. And if I have decided to write them down now, it is only to introduce myself to my shadow—which is hunched over on the wall and swallows everything I write with a voracious appetite—it is for him that I want to conduct an experiment: maybe we can get to know each other better.

Sadeq Hedayat, Blind Owl

[recursive-rupture]

From the bottom of my heart I desired to surrender myself to the sleep of oblivion. If only oblivion were attainable, if it could last forever, if my eyes as they closed could gently transcend sleep and dissolve into non-being and I should lose consciousness of my existence for all time to come, if it were possible for my being to dissolve in one drop of ink, in one bar of music, in one ray of coloured light, and then these waves and forms were to grow and grow to such infinite size that in the end they faded and disappeared - then I should have attained my desire.

The Blind Owl, Sadeq Hedayat

[strawberrystainedd]

“Yes, as usual, tiresome life had started all over again. The amount of sunlight was increasing.”

-Sadeq Hedayat, The Blind Owl

[elizabethanism]

"I must remain extinguished and keep my thoughts to myself. [...] I only write for my own shadow who sits on the wall against the light. I have to introduce myself to him."

—Blind Owl, Sadeq Hedayat; tr. Sassan Tabatabai

[deltaati]

"My one fear is that tomorrow I may die without having come to know myself."

Sadegh Hedayat