TEHRAN -- An Iranian literary critic believes that there is no outstanding novel on the Islamic Revolution except Reza Baraheni’s “The Mysteries of My Land”.

“In this eternal work, Reza Baraheni paints an accurate picture of the events of the Islamic Revolution in 1979,” Saber Emami told the Mehr News Agency on Friday.

“The book was written over ten years ago and is still unparalleled,” he added.

“The Mysteries of My Land” was published by Moghan Press in two volumes in Tehran in 1988.

“Although I read it many years ago, the images of the book are so powerful that they will never leave my mind,” Emami said.

“The role of the U.S. military advisors in the Iranian army has been cleverly described in the novel. It shows that the Iranian army, disillusioned due to the intervention of U.S. military advisors, didn’t prevent the fall of the shah,” he explained.

“What Happened in the Iranian Revolution and What Will Happen?” is another work of Baraheni, which was published in 1979.

Born in Tabriz in 1935, Baraheni lives in Canada. The novelist, poet, and critic is the author of 54 books in various genres.