Zani keh mardash ra gom kard

Zani keh mardash ra gom kard

A selection of short stories Zani-ke Mardash-ra Gom Kard` (`The Woman Who Lost Her Man`) addresses mobility and its problems. In a series of flashbacks, Hedayat tells the story of Zarrin Kola, her man Golbebu, and their son Mande Ali. At the age of fourteen, the beautiful Zarrin Kola finds herself in love with Golbebu who has come to their village to pick grapes. With the assistance of an old lady, Zarrin Kola marries Golbebu; together they move to Tehran. But in Tehran Golbebu changes. Soon, through a new friend, he finds pleasure in opium and gradually loses interest in his wife and child. Eventually he returns to his own village. After about five weeks, Zarrin Kola begins a search for her husband; finally she locates Golbebu`s village. She goes to Golbebu`s house where his mother, who reminds her of her own mother, and Golbebu`s new wife appear at the door. She is told in Mazandarani, a dialect she cannot comprehend, and through gestures that her marriage is over and that the child is her responsibility alone. Disappointed, Zarrin Kola abandons the child on a doorstep and is soon picked up by another villager. The new man has Golbebu`s same delectable idiosyncrasies. Zarrin Kola hopes that this young man, who sings like Golbebu, can also whip her, beat her, and bring her as much pleasure as Golbebu