Winter Without Spring

The book “Winter Without Spring” written by Ebrahim Younesi has been published by Negah Publishing House. In this book, Younesi is the same wise and knowledgeable observer who has gained a dual perspective. While recounting the story and events of his own life, he also stands a bit apart, witnessing the flow of life in the world around him. The book begins with the birth of the writer and ends with his release from prison. He finds no spring in his life. The yearning for freedom and liberation is destroyed sooner than he could imagine, and the price of this desire for freedom is eight years of imprisonment. Eight years of the most precious years of a man who had big ideas and conducted even bigger deeds. The only fragile early buds of spring in his life are his family—those who have been with him from eternity to infinity. And it is here, by the end of the book, that he admits, “The only people waiting for us are our family members…”. The path of intellectual and personal growth of the writer can clearly be followed in this book. The apparent realities that once formed the foundation of his life collapse on him one by one, and he realizes that the world is not as beautiful a place for living and loving as he had thought. “After the end of World War II, I was going from France to Germany for medical treatment, and how happy I was to go to Germany: We are Aryans, they are Aryans. I was a brother going to his brother’s home. I had no sorrow,” transforms in just a few minutes to “Realized I am an Arab,” and the only regret remains as to why he doesn’t know English in order to fully and lucidly introduce himself. *Winter Without Spring* is considered one of the acclaimed works in contemporary Iranian literature.