An Iranian photographer, a disabled veteran who was present in the Iraq-Iran war, is going to Barcelona's 1991 Paralympic Games. There he meets other disabled soldiers from two other wars. The author consciously breaks with the traditional ways of writing, and we are dealing, just like our modern world, with incomplete and fragmentary texts. The story, told by different people, lets the reader be familiar with the characters' opinions about the wars.
Awards and recognition:
Winner of the Habib Ghanipour Literary Prize, 1998.
Mehrdad Ghafarzadeh, born in 1967 in Iran, is a successful producer and director of cinema and TV series. He tries to talk about the issues of Iran's Sacred Defense. This is well-demonstrated in his novel Half of Forgetfulness.
