The Blind Owl (Hardcover)

The book “Her Eyes” is a novel written by Bozorg Alavi, first published in 1952. This timeless and valuable novel tells the story of a girl from the affluent class of Iranian society named Farangis, whose life of luxury has left her with no particular skills to earn money. She attends an art school in Paris in despair and realizes that there are numerous flaws and deficiencies in her work as a painter. She returns to Iran to take part in the political activities of Master Makan, the most prominent painter of Iran. “Her Eyes,” considered Bozorg Alavi’s most popular novel, provides a realistic and tangible depiction of Iran during a turbulent period of imposed modernizations.