TEHRAN – Romanian-born French playwright Eugene Ionesco’s sole novel “The Hermit” (Le Solitaire) has recently been published in Persian for the first time.

Qoqnus is the publisher of the book that was translated by Bahareh Moradi.

In his only novel, Ionesco chooses as his main character a man who is both utterly banal yet strangely touched with grace: a lowly clerk who quits due to an unexpected inheritance and devotes himself to his secret passion, observing and meditating on the human condition. 

Several plays by Ionesco have already been translated into Persian.

Photo: Front cover of the Persian version of Eugene Ionesco’s “The Hermit”

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