Missing Soluch

Missing Soluch is one of the best-known novels of the Iranian writer Mahmoud Dowlatabadi. It follows Mergan, a village woman who must hold her family together after her husband Soluch disappears, and portrays the hardship of rural life in Iran. This hardcover edition has 408 pages in octavo (ruqi) format. The text is in Persian. For readers of modern Persian fiction.

Author: Mahmoud Dowlatabadi

Original title: جای خالی سلوچ

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.