Baba Nazar (book)
book by Mostafa Rahimi
Baba Nazar (Persian: بابا نظر) is a book written by Hossein Beyzayi and edited by Mostafa Rahimi and Ahmad Dehqan. The book is the result of oral interviews with Mohammad Hassan Nazarenejad, during which the narrator recounts his stories about Iranian Revolution and Iran–Iraq War. Mohammad Hassan Nazarenejad known as Baba Nazar, the narrator of this book, was in the Iran–Iraq War for 140 months who died eight years after the war because of war injuries, in 1997.
Synopsis
The book formed from 36 hours conversation of Hossein Beyzayi with Mohammad Hassan Nazarenejad in 1996 which is recorded in video form and the fate of those films is unknown. But the words and sentences of the interviews have become text after recording. Overall, this book is a memoir of Mohammad Hassan Nazarenejad in Iranian Revolution time and Iran–Iraq War time.
In the beginning, The narrator talks about his campaign activities against the Pahlavi dynasty before the revolution. Then he goes to Iran–Iraq War. He describes the war operations with great detail. He talks about all his moments in the war and depicts hopes and frustrations, fears and immunities, anxieties and reliefs.
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