Fiction
You’ll Die in Cairo
by Hamidreza Sadr
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The tragedy of the rise and fall of a king
This novel concerns the life and death of the last king of Iran and the title refers to his death place. Actual historical events have mingled with his musings to create a different text. It is a brilliant portrait of a modern monarch’s inner life; a man who wished to be an emperor but instead passed away crownless in a hospital in Cairo in a summer afternoon.
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi was the last of numerous Persian kings, with his magnificence and weaknesses, doubts and beliefs, compassion and cruelties, and above all his hidden or unmasked fears, from childhood to crowning and his father’s exile. He holds the magnificent 2,500th year of Foundation of Imperial State of Iran and First Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great who he believed had specifically blessed him. It’s the story of the last king of Iran with his high-profile family, his own adventurous life, his loneliest moments, and the most crucial political events of his time. ‘You’ll die in Cairo’ contains all the details we would like to know about the last king, his reign, and his escape from the rich country of his hopes and dreams. It recounts the story of a man who is deaf and blind when it comes to accepting the truth in events, but craves for reviving the Persian Empire and becoming the leader in the Middle East; a man who fears assassination, but undergoes three failed ones each of which leads him to greater tyranny and loneliness. He’s the king of an oil-bearing land, who gradually starts to believe that he’s a blessed saint and, therefore, is invincible. Yet, he becomes more and more horrified by everything outside of his castle. He finally admitted the revolution, but it was too late. He died from an illness in loneliness in Cairo, the homeland of his first spouse.
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Many books from various perspectives have been written about the king of Iran. However, this is probably the first one to have delved into the heart of this character from a psychological viewpoint and to have displayed his solitude and loneliness at different stages of his reign. The author has made no ethical or political judgments and has impartially narrated the life of the king. He, in his creative narration of the king’s solitude, fears, corruption, and power, has been faithful to historical facts and has mentioned intriguing historical events. Furthermore, he has discovered untold aspects of this important figure of the twentieth century in the context of these events especially the Iranian revolution which shaped part of the destiny of the Middle East.
The narrator addresses Mohammad Reza Shah throughout the book and recounts the story of his life for him. It is a point of view that could have changed the king’s destiny if he could adopt it in his lifetime. Plain language and subtle characterization have turned this book into one of the most brilliant ones about the last king of Iran.
Author Biography
Hamidreza Sadr, born in 1955, is a multifaceted figure in the realm of Iranian culture and literature. He’s not only an outstanding film critic, but also a master football expert; an expert whose poetic books about the history of football in Iran and around the world has encouraged the young generation to see this sport in a new light. He’s also considered to be one of the greatest non-fiction writers of Iran. His books are widely liked by readers. One of his most significant books is the award-winning YOU WILL DIE IN CAIRO which is the outcome of a long research about the last king of Iran; a book that received a great deal of attention after being published in 2014 and was reprinted several times.
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Copyright © 2014, Nashre-Cheshmeh Publishing House,T ehran, Iran
Nashre-Cheshmeh Publishing House
Nashre-Cheshmeh is a family business with more than 100 employees. It is one of the most active private publishing houses of the country with more than 1500 books, an annual number of 130 new ones, and six bookstores. The house has been working for more than 35 years, publishing the works of the most significant Iranian writers, poets, and translators, and the young generation of the best Iranian literary figures of the country. Many of these writers have novels, short stories, or poems published, or going to be published, in the European countries, the US, and Asia. We have always supported Iran’s joining the Berne Convention, thus tried to acquire the Persian translation rights for the titles we publish, such as the books by Orhan Pamuk, Steve Toltz, Patrick Modiano, Javier Marias, Rolf Dobelli, Alain Badiou, Klaus Modick, Ben Clanton, Siri Kolu.
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- Publisher Nashre-Cheshmeh Publishing House
- Orginal LanguagePersian
- ISBN/Identifier 9786002292667
- Publication Country or regionIran
- Pages252
- Publish StatusPublished
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