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The Cow: A screenplay

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2022

Gholamhosayn Sa'edi
Translated by
Mohsen Ghadessy
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Extract

The chief characters of the story:

Mashd Hasan

Eslam

Kadkhoda

Mashd Jabbar

Mashd Safar's son

Abbas

Esma'il

Musorkheh [Redhead]

Hasani

Mashd Baba

Mashd Zaynal

Mashd Hasan's wife

Abbas's sister

Naneh Khanom

Naneh Fatemeh

Three Purusis

The other inhabitants of the village

Men, women, and children

Bayal. Squat mud huts, twisting alleys. And the village center, a large pool of nothing but stagnant water. And by the pool, an earthen platform; this is the village teahouse. All the alleys lead to the pool. The area surrounding the pool is the public meeting place.

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Articles
Information
Iranian Studies , Volume 18 , Issue 2-4: Sociology of the Iranian Writer , Spring Autumn 1985 , pp. 257 - 323
Copyright
Copyright © Association For Iranian Studies, Inc 1985

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Footnotes

Translator's note: I am greatly indebted to Dr. W. G. Millward, then of the Institute of Ismaili Studies, who read the original translation and made a number of very valuable suggestions.