Kelidar

The best-known novel by the Iranian writer Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, a long saga set in the villages and steppe of Khorasan in the 1940s. It follows a Kurdish nomad family, and above all Gol-Mohammad, as they come into conflict with landlords and the authorities. This is an original publisher's printing in Persian, for readers of serious modern Persian fiction.

Author: Mahmoud Dowlatabadi

Original title: کلیدر

Bought from a Kabul bookshop and hand-delivered — the recipient inspects it at the door before accepting. The edition and cover may differ from the photo.