A Persian Mosaic: Essays on Persian Language, Literature and Film edited by Behrad Aghaei and Mehdi Khorrami includes the following chapters: The Liminal World of The Blind Owl by Mardin Aminpour The Pre-Islamic Past in Modern Iranian Culture: A Cultural Materialist Reading by Mahyar Entezari Mapping Dystopia in Ebrahim Golestan s Mud Brick and Mirror by Somy Kim As Fellow Asians? Irano-Japanese Relations in the Interwar Period by Mikiya Koyagi Shah Isma il Comes to Herat: An Anecdote from Vasefi s Amazing Events (Badayi al-Vaqayi ) by Azfar Moin Enlightenment and Shades of Gray: Magic...