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| سمفونی مردگان
| | عباس معروفی
| Abbas Maroufi (1957--), a native of Tehran, began writing in the days immediately preceding the Iranian revolution. His novels and plays gained almost immediate acclaim, and by 1989 he was considered one of the country's greatest authors. Since 1996, Maroufi has made his home in Germany.
Samfoni-ye mordegan (Symphony of the Dead) tells the story of the Urchani family. The patriarch, a prominent merchant, lives in Ardebil with a dutiful wife and four children. Much of the story takes place during World War II. The eldest son is Yussof, who was tragically injured as a child and exists in a barely human state. He is an enormous burden on the family, but refuses to die. There are also the twins Aida and Aidin, and then there is Urhan.
As suggested by the title, the story is told in symphonic form, with four varied movements that repeat parts of the story from different points of view, offer various voices, shift in tone and time and place. The main focus is the conflict between the brothers Aidin and Urhan.
Maroufi's atmospheric novel conveys life in the cold reaches of northern Iran in the middle of the twentieth century.
The text is entirely in Persian (Farsi).
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