Fleeing Gazelle from Ghazal

A romance set in the course of history, a novel for those afflicted with the state of love. A collection of hearts devoted to the beloved, a miniature of order, geometry, Iranian norms, and literacy that ends in blank pages. A native portrayal for all social horizons where the blood of love has flowed. A romance in the language of common people who pick crumbs from the ground, kiss them, and place them in the corner of a wall hoping that one day, a bird will come. Aras, the only child of a wealthy family, goes to Vienna to study music during the Iran-Iraq war and excels as an outstanding student. When choosing his thesis topic, his professor encourages him to select a local subject, finding folk melodies and examining samples of music from his homeland. Among the songs and tunes he heard in his childhood, there was one he loved most but had forgotten the key verse of this ghazal. He asks old elders but cannot find it. He turns to his grandfather’s old gramophone records but the lost verse remains missing. His father’s severe illness forces him to return to Iran sooner, coinciding with the acceptance of Resolution 598. At every step, he becomes familiar with aspects of Iranian identity and norms, revealing hidden veils. He loses his father but gains other things and experiences the greatest event of his life. He finds the lost verse, alive and silent. His thesis transforms into a collection of letters he writes to Ghazal, a lost gazelle held captive by an ancient ghazal.