Strange times, my dear the PEN anthology of contemporary Iranian literature edited by Nahid Mozaffari ; poetry editor, Ahmad Karimi Hakkak.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-468). Contents: The mirror / Mahmoud Dowlatabadi -- The victory chronicle of the magi / Hushang Golshiri -- Excerpt from Scorched earth / Ahmad Mahmud -- Excerpt from Sorraya in a coma / Esmail Fassih -- Ask the migrating birds / Simin Daneshvar -- The eyes won't take it / Hadi Khorsandi -- The grocer of Kharzeville / Nassim Khaksar -- Delayed consequences of the revolution / Iraj Pezeshkzad -- Excerpt from The book of absent people / Taghi Modaressi -- Excerpts from Women without men / Shahrnoush Parsipur -- Satan's stones / Moniru Ravanipur -- Ah! Istanbul / Reza Farokhfal -- Mahboubeh and the demon Ahl / Reza Daneshvar -- In another place / Goli Taraghi -- Hitchcock and Agha Baji / Behnam Dayani -- A little secret / Farkhondeh Aghai -- A room full of dust / Asghar Abdollahi -- Excerpt from The trial / Ghazaleh Alizadeh -- First love / Seyyed Ebrahim Nabavi -- Shatter the stone tooth / Shahriyar Mandanipour -- White rock / Ghazi Rabihavi -- Peace of night / Farideh Kheradmand -- In this blind alley ; Love song ; End of the game ; Morning / Ahmad Shamlu -- A man with a missing leg ; I write, I cross out ; If the snake is domestic ; And behold ; It's time to mow the flowers / Simin Bahbahani -- I love you, ancient homeland / Mehdi Akhavan Saless -- Lyrical ; Outlandia ; An allusion ; Bad boy / Esmail Khoi -- A spring tale / Nader Naderpur -- Poetry I ; Poetry II ; Prayer of sudden dread / M.R. Shafi'i Kadkani -- A woman out of memory ; Visitations / Manuchehr Atashi -- Miniature ; The terrace of dead fishermen ; The green bull / Mohammad Ali Sepanlu -- Martyr's tombstone ; Tomb of Manichaeus ; Labial verse 67 ; Labial verse 181 / Yadollah Royai -- In the new place, or exile, a simple matter / Reza Baraheni -- From the other half / Mohammad Mokhtari -- Requiem ; Brands / Shams Langerudi -- I am human / Partow Nuriala -- Amorous / Mirza Agha Asgari -- Wednesday in March ; Wakeful reveries / Mina Asadi -- I must bury him / Roya Hakakian -- The republic of hate / Ziba Karbasi -- The little messenger / Majid Naficy -- Saturday night dinner ; A bird is a bird / Abbas Saffari -- The ax ; Afghan woman ; The sale / Granaz Mussavi -- Selections fromn Walking with the wind / Abbas Kiarostami.