Alas for What Lies Before

 Alas for What Lies Before

A collection of short stories by Mohammad Mohammdali, Iranian contemporary writer in Persian. Alas for what Lies Before is a collection of stories by Mohammad Mohammadali, the renowned Iranian author, which is published after many years being out of print. The stories are being narrated in the 1360s (according to Iranian calendar and equal to 1971 AD…

Mashya and Mashyoi

Mashya and Mashyoi

Mashya and Mashyoi is the latest novel of Iranian renown author, Mohammad Mohammadali. It is the story of the first Iranian mythological  man and woman, Mashya and Mashyoi (Mashyaneh), which is narrated with a simple and sweet style. In Mashya and Mashyoi, the reader faces not only the story of the creation of the first…

 Adam & Eve

 Adam & Eve

Adam & Eve by Mohammad Mohammadali, is the first novel of the Trilogy of The First day, im which the author has tried to recreate the creation myth in Iranian and Semitic-Islamic cosmology.  The Novel concerns the story of Adam and Eve, as it is in Islamic-Iranian Culture, which is quite different from the story…

Jamshid & Jamak

Jamshid & Jamak

It is a retelling of the story of Jamshid, the first mythological Indo-Iranian King, in the shape of a investigating novel. In Iranian mythology, Jamshid is the first persom to create medicine, wine, fire, architecture, world peace, democracy, etc. He conquers all the enemies in the world and manages to create a unified world with…

Retirement and other Stories

Retirement and other Stories

Retirement is a collection of short stories and one of the best works of Mohammad Mohammadali, the renowned Iranian author. Mohammadali is one of the rare Iranian authors who found critics’ praise and many literary prizes beside so many readers in Iran. Most of his books are reprinted many times and his works have contibuted…

The Jinn

The Jinn

A collection of short stories by renowned Iranian author Mohammad Mohammadali, about the folklore and believes of Iranian country people, although one can not put these stories in the category of rural literature. The author uses folklore to show the “haunted co ndition” of Iran, and this way he follows his concerns about the social and…