Azhi Dahak

Azhi Dahak

Arash Hejazi

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Caravanserai Press
Año de edición:
2026
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Ficción histórica
ISBN:
9781066862344
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ستمگر می‌میرد و نامش در غبار گم می‌شود.مصلح می‌میرد و کلامش در دهانِ مردم می‌ماند.اما او نه ستمگر است، نه مصلح.نامی‌ست که از یادِ جهان نمی‌رود؛نامی آغازگرِ عصری بی‌زمان، عصر اژدها.داحاک، جوان پرشورِ عیلامی، به سببِ عشـق ممنوعش به شاهدخت ایرناواک و محبوبیتش میان مردم، ناچار به ترکِ نام و گذشته‌ و عزیزان و سرزمینش می‌شود. در شهر سومریِ کیش زندگی‌اش را از نو می‌سازد؛ اما نشانی کهن، رؤیاهای مکرر و زمزمه‌ی خدایی از یادرفته، او را از بازار و دربار می‌گذراند و به ژرفای معبدی پنهان می‌رساند. آن‌جا، زیر نگاهِ نین‌گیش‌زیدا، خدای ماردوش مرموز، مرزهای آشنای مرگ و زندگی، تقدیر و اراده و واقعیت و سراب فرو می‌ریزد.در جهانی که شاهان با ترس فرمان می‌رانند، کاهنان دروغ می‌بافند و خدایان خاموشند، اراده‌ می‌تواند به رهایی بینجامد یا بندگی. حقیقت می‌تواند چراغ باشد یا سلاح. و نجات می‌تواند رؤیایی باشد زیبا، یا کابوسی تاریک.اما نجات برای همه یک معنا ندارد. داحاک در پی دگرگون کردن جهان است و بیل‌گمشِ جوان، او هم زخم‌خورده‌ی فاجعه و تبعید، در جست‌وجوی راز جاودانگی. راهشان ناگزیر به هم می‌رسد.آرش حجازی در اَژی‌دهاگ به یکی از تاریک‌ترین و ماندگارترین چهره‌های اسطوره‌ی ایرانی بازمی‌گردد: ضحاک. اما نه برای بازگویی افسانه‌ای آشنا، بلکه برای کاوش در لحظه‌ای که انسان، در طلب نجات، عدالت و معنا، قدم‌به‌قدم به چیزی مبدل می‌شود که تاریخ از آن می‌ترسد.Dahak, a passionate young Elamite, is forced to abandon his name, his past, his loved ones and his homeland because of his forbidden love for Princess Irnavak and his popularity among the people. In the Sumerian city of Kish, he rebuilds his life. But an ancient sign, recurring dreams and the whispers of a forgotten god lead him through the marketplace and the royal court into the depths of a hidden temple. There, beneath the gaze of Ningishzida, the enigmatic god with serpents on his shoulders, the familiar boundaries between death and life, fate and will, reality and illusion collapse.In a world where kings rule through fear, priests weave lies and the gods remain silent, the will can lead to freedom or bondage. Truth can be a light or a weapon. And salvation can be a beautiful dream or a dark nightmare.But salvation does not mean the same thing to everyone. Dahak seeks to transform the world, while the young Bilgamesh, also scarred by catastrophe and exile, searches for the secret of immortality. Their paths are bound to cross.In Azhi Dahak, Arash Hejazi returns to one of the darkest and most enduring figures in Iranian mythology: Zahhak. His purpose is not to retell a familiar legend, but to explore the moment when a human being, in pursuit of salvation, justice and meaning, is transformed, step by step, into something history fears.

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