Chetki 2009/2

The Mardjani Publishing House starts publishing Nader Ebrahimi's novel Three Opinions about the Man Who Came from Nowhere.  Nader Ebrahimi (1936 - 2008) was a major Iranian prosaist, poet, screenwriter, director and actor, whose works gained acceptance before the Islamic Revolution. Being token and diverse at the same time, they describe social and intellectual life in Iran before and after the revolution. Three Opinions about the Man Who Came from Nowhere is one of his final works, including three discourses or three narrative levels, that describe Ayatollah Homeini's personality, political views and symbolic importance.

The Issue also investigates what shoul be the Russian modern intellectual space. Among the authors  fictional stories of Farhot Adullaev, Julia Melnikova, Dmitri Ishchenko are published.