Once upon a Time

by Muḥammad ʻAlī Jamālzādah

an anthoogy of short stories by Jamazadeh

111 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1985

Reviews

[عبدالرحمن · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would ask them to inscribe my gravestone (if it is to have a stone) with this verse from my saint and guide Baba Taher Oryan:

“For every ant there is a hill,
For every snake a nest;
But for luckless me,
not even A ruin in which to rest.”

[Vafa · Rating 5 out of 5]

The father of modern Persian litterature, I once met in a Geneva restaurant, he was already 101 old and still with his sharp sense of humor