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Subject(s)

• Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988—Fiction [Browse]

Related name

• Ghanoonparvar, M. R. (Mohammad R.) [Browse]

Series

Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation Series

Summary note

"Amidst the Iran-Iraq War, two Iraqi soldiers find themselves stationed on an isolated mountain peak with orders to observe the enemy's troop movements. As they watch the brutal destruction brought about by the intelligence they have gathered, their loyalty to their country and each other is tested." "As in all wars, both Iraq and Iran demonized each other as the war raged during the 1980s. In Fortune Told in Blood, written during the mid-1990s as Iran was recovering, Davud Ghaffarzadegan labors to undo the damage caused by this process. The author, an Iranian, writes from the Iraqi perspective, thus humanizing the enemy and challenging his reader to do so as well."--BOOK JACKET.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Language note

Translated from Persian.

Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Fortune told in Blood
• An interview with Davud Ghaffarzadegan.

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ISBN

9780292718395 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2008923609

OCLC

179786785

RCP

H - S

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