TEHRAN – Germany’s Clemens Hauser Publishing and Italy’s Feltrinelli have purchased the copyrights of two Iranian books at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
Written by Mohammad Toluei, the books are “Seven Domes” and “The Anatomy of Depression”, the Persian service of MNA reported on Saturday.
“The Anatomy of Depression”, a novel depicting the depression of youth in urban life of today, will be translated into Italian and published by Feltrinelli.
Clemens Hauser Publishing has purchased the rights of “Seven Domes”, a book containing seven short stories, and a translation into the German language is due to come out next year.
Several Iranian book agencies have been active at the book fair (which ends today) to discuss and sell the copyrights of Iranian books to international publishers.
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