A pitch black, rainy night in a small Iranian town. Inside his house, the colonel stared at the portrait of the famous military hero –The Colonel, long executed. He thinks of his own children, one of whom died supporting the Shah, another of whom fought for the Ayatollah, another of whom -his fourteen-year old daughter- has been captured handing out leaflets against the regime. The Colonel has fought against the British…he fought for the Shah… he fought for the Ayatollah…he’s dedicated his life to his country…the house is quiet. Could they really be coming…for him?
Author
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi is an Iranian writer and actor, known for his promotion of social and artistic freedom in contemporary Iran and his realist depictions of rural life, drawn from personal experience. برنده لوح زرین بیست سال داستان‌نویسی بر کلیه آثار، به همراه امین فقیری ۱۳۷۶ دریافت جایزه یک عمر فعالیت فرهنگی، بدر نخستین دوره جایزه ادبی یلدا به همت انتشارات کاروان و انتشارات اندیشه سازان ۱۳۸۲ برنده جایزه ادبی واو ۱۳۹۰ Award for International Literature at the House of Cultures in Berlin 2009 Nominated Asian Literary Award for the novel Collon Collin 2011 Nominated for Man Booker International prize 2011 برنده جایزه ادبی هوشنگ گلشیری برای یک عمر فعالیت ۲۰۱۲ English translation of Colonel's novel, translated by Tom Petrodill, nominee for the best translation book in America 2013 Winner of the Literary Prize Ian Millski Switzerland 2013 Knight of the Art and Literature of France 2014
