First, read East of Eden, then watch the film.
https://blossom.primal.net/7322acd2cb93db7dd732a1dcaf2f42d54827b7696df27e328ab1ec9f81b25f2a.mp4
I did in that order, my images from the book had nothing in common with the film. The book stood out incredibly to me though, among the very few I feel worth the time effort as an adult, deeply economical language, intelligent.
The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat, have you read that by chance?
Yes. I’ve read most of Sadegh Hedayat’s books.
Cool, should I give it a try, any other work by him you recommend read first?
These are I've read
1- The Pearl Cannon (Tūp-e Morvari)
2- Buried Alive (Zende be gūr)
3- Three Drops of Blood (Se qatre khūn)
4- The Stray Dog (Sag-e velgard)
5- Lady Alaviyeh (Alaviye Khānum)
6- Parvin dokhtar-e Sāsān (Parvin, Sassan's Daughter)
7- Māzīyār
8- The Blind Owl (Boof-e koor)
9- Esfahān nesf-e jahān (Isfahan: Half of the World)
10- The Pilgrim (Hājī āqā)
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