Moniro Ravanipour

The Devil's Stones Moniro Ravanipour

The book "Devil's Stones" was published in December 1990 in a circulation of three thousand copies. Its second edition was published in five thousand copies in February 1991. In the March of that year, the Ministry of Islamic Guidance banned the publication of the third edition of the book. The ministry said the reason for the book's seizure was a private plaintiff's complaint from Qom (a holy city in Iran which is the hub of Islamic seminaries and the residence of major religious leaders). Over the years, the paper and book mafia has offered this collection of stories several times higher than the actual price on the black market. Now, after thirty years, in the March of 2021, I, the author of this book, am publishing it. This is the bitter destiny of a book whose stories have been translated into many living languages on the globe.