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September 23, 2006
My Uncle Osman, again
About a year ago, I wrote an introduction to a series of short stories I was working on as a tribute to Rolad Dahl. I called it My Uncle Osman, and since then, I have written five more, although for many reasons I decided not to post them on this blog, rather to colelct them for publishing somewhere else.
Of course, the uncle was not called Osman and he was not a goofball as I made him sound. He, however, was based on a real character, my mother's uncle who lived in Iran and was a bit of a recluse. Well, I said he lived in Iran because he just passed away from a heart-attack, and now I realise how much I liked him and what a great part of my childhood and youth he was. I am a bit ashamed of making fun of him, but it was not mean fun and maybe now I should start posting the stories in his memory.
Goodbye Daii Mohammad...
Posted by Khodadad at September 23, 2006 05:31 PM
Comments
I remember the Uncle Osman post. I am sorry to hear that your real life uncle has passed away. My condolances to you. Treasure your fond memories and definitely post your stories. I will look forward to reading them.
Posted by: David at September 23, 2006 10:17 PM
sorry to hear about your mom's uncle's passing, and yes, please do post the stories for us.
Posted by: Niki at September 24, 2006 04:49 PM