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| Fardi’s last novel “Wolf Age” published |
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The book is due to be introduced during a ceremony at Tehran’s Art Bureau on June 18, the bureau reported in a press release on Sunday.
Fardi, who was famous for the stories he wrote on the theme of the Islamic Revolution, died of a respiratory problem in April at the age of 64.
The novel “Esmaeil” tells the story of a man who out of the blue runs into the chaotic environment of the Islamic Revolution in 1979 in Tehran, however “Wolf Age” takes place in Sabalan in the mountains in Northwestern Iran.
Esmaeil, the main character of the first novel, is forced to leave Tehran in “Wolf Age” and takes refuge in his grandmother’s place in Sabalan where he faces new problems.
He hears that the Americans who are involved in the livestock industry of Moghan, a city in Ardebil Province, plan to breed a type of man-eating wolf in order to find and kill revolutionaries living in the region.
“Esmaeil” has been translated into English by Paul Sprachman and released in the U.S. in 2009.
“The Nest in Fog”, “A World of Butterflies” and “The Black Grass” are among Fardi’s other credits.
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.jpg "The cover of a copy of “Wolf Age”")