12 Asian authors in the spotlight: the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize longlist

12 Asian novels made the longlist for the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize

5. "The Colonel," by Mahmoud Dowlatabadi

Iranian author Mahmoud Dowlatabadi tells the story of the Colonel, who is asked by two policemen to bury the tortured body of his daughter, a revolutionary. Dowlatabadi's novel criticizes the Iranian left even as it explores the difficult questions posed by a country's inner conflicts.

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