Iranian censorship in general; An article by Robert Tait in The Guardian, 17 November 2006; an article published by Radio Free Europe — Radio Liberty on 26 November 2007. Works Fiction 1930 Buried Alive (Zende be gūr) A collection of 9 short stories. 1931 Mongol Shadow (Sāye-ye Moqol) 1932 Three Drops of Blood (Se qatre khūn). A collection of 11 short stories. 1933 Chiaroscuro (Sāye-ye roushan) A collection of 7 short stories. 1934 Mister Bow Wow (Vagh Vagh Sahāb) 1936 Sampingé (in French) 1936 Lunatique (in French) 1936 The Blind Owl (Boof-e koor) 1942 The Stray Dog (Sag-e velgard). A collection of 8 short stories. 1943 Lady Alaviyeh (Alaviye Khānum) 1944 Velengārī (Tittle-tattle) 1944 The Elixir of Life (Āb-e Zendegi) 1945 The Pilgrim (Hājī āqā) 1946 Tomorrow (Fardā) 1947 The Pearl Cannon (Tūp-e Morvari) Drama (1930–1946) Parvin dokhtar-e Sāsān (Parvin, Sassan's Daughter) Māzīyār Afsāne-ye āfarīnesh (The Fable of Creation) Travelogues Esfahān nesf-e jahān (Isfahan: Half of the World) Rū-ye jādde-ye namnāk (On the Wet Road), unpublished, written in 1935. Studies, Criticism and Miscellanea Rubāyyāt-e Hakim Omar-e Khayyam (Khayyam's Quatrains) 1923 Ensān va heyvān (Man and Animal) 1924 Marg (Death) 1927 Favāyed-e Giyāhkhāri (The Advantages of Vegetarianism) 1927 Hekāyat-e bā natije (The Story with a Moral) 1932 Taranehā-ye Khayyām (The Songs of Khayyam) 1934 Chāykovski (Tchaikovsky) 1940 Dar pirāmun-e Loqat-e Fārs-e Asadi (About Asadi's Persian Dictionary) 1940 Shive-ye novin dar tahqiq-e adabi (A New Method of Literary Research) 1940 Dāstan-e Nāz (The Story of Naz) 1941 Shivehā-ye novin dar she'r-e Pārsi (New Trends in Persian Poetry) 1941 A review of the film Molla Nasrud'Din 1944 A literary criticism on the Persian translation of Gogol's The Government Inspector 1944 Chand nokte dar bāre-ye Vis va Rāmin (Some Notes on Vis and Ramin) 1945 Payām-e Kāfkā (The Message of Kafka) 1948 Al-be`thatu-Islamiya ellal-belad'l Afranjiya (An Islamic Mission in the European Lands), undated. Translations From French: 1931 Gooseberries by Anton Chekhov 1948 In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka 1944 Before the Law by Franz Kafka 1950 The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (along with Hasan Qaemian) 1950 The Wall by Jean-Paul Sartre 1950 Tales of Two Countries by Alexander Kielland 1950 Blind Geronimo and his Brother by Arthur Schnitzler From Pahlavi: 1943 Kārname-ye Ardashir-e-Pāpākān (The Book of the Deeds of Ardashir [son of] Papakan) 1940 Gojaste Abālish 1945 Āmadan-e shāh Bahrām-e Varjavand (Return of shah Bahram Varjavand) 1944 Zand va Homān Yasn Films about