Novel · The work and its editions
Pesaran-e Eshq · Pisarān-i ʻishq · Les Garçons de l’amour · Söhne der Liebe
Original language: Persian
The publisher introduces Jamil, a landowner’s heir, and Naji, who sells hay, meeting at a wedding. They leave their village looking for a place where their relationship can endure through revolution and war. Rabihavi dates the novel’s composition to 2007; its first electronic appearance, later Persian printing and translated editions have distinct records.
Source 35 · Source 19 · Source 29
A chapter in the biography · A chapter in the biography · A chapter in the biographyRabihavi dates writing the novel to 2007 in his 2023 Zamaneh interview; he separately recalls writing it in London.
First electronic edition, BaghDarBagh, Sweden, in the retained imprint and publisher record.
Institutional records identify Persian Gardoun/Gardoon print editions with two distinct ISBNs. Their relationship needs imprint reconciliation; the author separately remembers a 2011 publication.
Sujet identifies the first German edition in 2022; DNB explicitly records a second edition in spring 2023. Both credit Gorji Marzban and Thomas Geldner and carry the same ISBN.
The Persian Pendaar record, labelled second edition in Libris.
A Pendaar paperback identified by Library Hub with ISBN 9781912647026; its text language and relation to the later Persian printing remain unestablished.
The French, German and English records have their own publishers, translators, formats and dates.
English finding-aid title; this electronic edition is in Persian.
The publisher post and retained PDF imprint support the first electronic edition. This date does not silently replace later accounts of print publication.
English title used as a finding aid for the Persian work.
Princeton’s exact record labels this a first edition of the Berlin Gardoun publication. Its ISBN differs from the other Gardoon catalogue record; their pagination and imprint histories are not merged. The label does not replace the earlier electronic edition.
English title used as a finding aid for the Persian work.
A separate K10plus record carries this ISBN and a supplied [2011] date. Its publication place is unspecified. The relationship to the Berlin Gardoun ISBN remains under reconciliation.
Latin-script title in the library catalogue; text language not established.
Library Hub’s retained institutional results identify a printed paperback with this publisher, place, year and ISBN. The source does not state its text language or translator, and the physical title and imprint pages have not been inspected. This dated catalogue publication is kept separate from the Persian 2025 Pendaar edition and its different ISBN; no English translation or textual equivalence is inferred.
English parallel title; this edition is in Persian.
The first-edition label belongs to this Mehri imprint. Publisher and library pagination differ, so no page count is selected.
English title used as a finding aid for the Persian work.
The original Libris records establish a Persian Pendaar edition, labelled second edition, with its own ISBN. This institutional evidence is separate from the failed individual catalogue-page capture and does not establish a new translation.
Translation from Persian and presentation by Christophe Balaÿ, as credited by the original French publisher.
Kobo’s explicit French ebook details distinguish this electronic format from both French print ISBNs. The original publisher credits Christophe Balaÿ’s translation and presentation for the 2020 print book. The checked ebook details name no separate translator or textual revision.
A separate paperback, with its own ISBN. The explicit descriptive translation credit agrees with Serge Safran; the paperback page’s conflicting structured given-name field remains noted at the source.
Sujet’s first German hardcover edition, translated from Persian. The later printing has its own edition statement and catalogue record in this ledger.
DNB’s exact MARC record explicitly labels this a second edition, published in spring 2023. The ISBN is shared with the first edition. Neither the shared ISBN nor the edition statement establishes a textual revision.
Onleihe identifies German and both translators for this electronic publication. Its ISBN differs from the hardcover. The electronic format is corroborated by the matching distribution record; no complete text comparison or new print-edition statement is inferred.
The named English paperback. The publisher’s date, translator and ISBN are kept separate from the Persian publication history; no particular Persian source edition is inferred.
The publisher lists this electronic format separately from the paperback, with its own ISBN. It belongs to the same English translation.
London · Pendaar · 2019 catalogue record
Library Hub records a printed paperback, Boys of Love, Pendaar, London, 2019, ISBN 9781912647026, in holdings contributed by Cambridge, the National Library of Wales and the National Library of Scotland. The number is distinct from the Persian Pendaar 1404 [2025] edition’s 9781912647194, and the two publications have separate catalogue entries.
The retained search extract supplies no text-language field, translator credit or edition statement for the 2019 book. Its publisher, place, year, format and ISBN remain useful bibliographic evidence while those absences prevent treating it as an identified translation or as the same text as another printing. The original title and imprint pages would resolve its language and textual relationship.
French · German · electronic formats
The French EPUB has identifier 9791097594916 and a distribution date of 20 August 2020. Kobo explicitly identifies its language as French. This resolves the misleading English category used by a separate Italian retailer without turning that category into a new translation.
The German ebook has ISBN 9783962026288, distinct from the hardcover’s 9783962021016. Onleihe names Sujet Verlag, 2022, German and both translators, Gorji Marzban and Thomas Geldner. These are format records; their cataloguing does not establish a textual revision or current borrowing availability.
German · Sujet Verlag
Sujet identifies its first German hardcover edition in 2022. The German National Library’s fuller record explicitly identifies a second edition in spring 2023, published in Bremen by Sujet Verlag.
Both records carry ISBN 9783962021016 and credit Gorji Marzban and Thomas Geldner with translation from Persian. The edition statement distinguishes these appearances; the shared ISBN alone does not establish whether the literary text was revised.
Persian · 2011
Princeton and Libris identify the Berlin Gardoun record with ISBN 9783938406564. A separate K10plus record identifies Gardoon Verlag, a supplied [2011] date and ISBN 9781780830377, without specifying a publication place.
The two records remain separate. Their related title, similar imprint names and different page descriptions do not settle the printing relationship; the original title and imprint pages are still needed.
Library catalogue · The retained institutional results identify printed resources: Iranian Four Seasons, Pendaar, London, 2019, ISBN 9781912647071, paperback, with “various translators” in one record and a new-edition label in another; Boys of Love, Pendaar, London, 2019, ISBN 9781912647026, paperback. The extract gives no text-language field or individual translator names. These named catalogue publications are not conflated with undated Persian publisher entries or identified as English translations. Capture: 14 September 2026. Four originating detail links were inaccessible on 4 October 2026; current loan and purchase availability are not asserted.
Retailer · The retained Kobo ebook details explicitly give French, EPUB 2, 20 August 2020, Héliopoles – Fonds Serge Safran and identifier 9791097594916. The matching IBS identifier corroborates the electronic format but its English-language label conflicts with Kobo’s explicit French field and is not adopted. Retail capture: 14 September 2026; present price, stock and lending availability are not asserted.
Library catalogue · The retained digital-library record explicitly gives German, 2022, Sujet Verlag, translators Gorji Marzban and Thomas Geldner, and ISBN 9783962026288. The matching IBS EPUB 2 and Google Books records corroborate the electronic identifier; IBS’s generic English category is not adopted. Capture: 14 September 2026. Loan eligibility, current availability and complete textual equivalence with a print edition are not inferred.
Author interview · Published 28 July 2023, following a conversation in summer 2022. The author discusses early war books, displacement, Maryam and Boys of Love. Recollections are distinguished from edition imprints.
Author interview · Published 13 February 2023. The author discusses Boys of Love, Daniel and His Father and The Tragedy of a Monarchy. His retrospective dates and interpretations remain attributed.
Publisher · Publisher post of 8 May 2010 records a first edition in April 2010. The retained Persian PDF separately identifies the first electronic edition, BaghDarBagh, Sweden, April 2010. A later page-modification date is not a new publication date.
Publisher · Named Persian edition: London, winter 1400 / 2022, ISBN 9781915029263, edited by Sara Tehrani. Its first-edition label belongs to the Mehri imprint; it does not replace the 2010 electronic history.
Library catalogue · Corroborates the 2022 Mehri Persian novel and ISBN 9781915029263. Its 316-page description differs from the publisher’s 324 pages; no page count is selected here.
Publisher · French edition dated 20 August 2020. Translation from Persian and presentation by Christophe Balaÿ; ISBN 9791097594978. This named edition’s date takes precedence over later retrospective references to 2021.
Publisher · Separate paperback dated 8 June 2022, ISBN 9782253106555. Its descriptive body credits Christophe Balaÿ and identifies Serge Safran as the original publisher; a conflicting structured given-name field remains a data-quality note.
Publisher · Publisher identifies the first hardcover edition in 2022, translated from Persian by Gorji Marzban and Thomas Geldner, ISBN 9783962021016. The separately cited DNB MARC record identifies a second edition in spring 2023 with the same ISBN.
Publisher · July 2024 English translation by Poupeh Missaghi: paperback ISBN 9780299349042 and EPUB ISBN 9780299349080. The publisher’s story description is the source for Jamil and Naji’s introduction here.
Publisher · Publisher-supplied English edition and translator record. It supplies the established permanent reading path already used by the website.
Library catalogue · The retained original MODS and JSON responses contain real edition fields: Afsane’s Persian Maryam, Gardoun and Pendaar Boys, and the 2023 Persian Four Seasons. Dates, first/second-edition labels and language codes are retained as catalogue evidence; they do not establish complete contents equivalence or German translations.
Library catalogue · Berlin, Nashr-i Gardoun, 2011, ISBN 9783938406564, corroborated by the original Libris record. A different 2011 Gardoon record has ISBN 9781780830377; the two records are kept distinct.
Library catalogue · Original MARC record DE-627/1816926825 identifies a Persian novel, Gardoon Verlag, [2011], ISBN 9781780830377 and an unspecified publication place. It is not merged with the Berlin Gardoun record carrying a different ISBN.
Library catalogue · Exact MARC record 1265699038: second edition, Bremen, Sujet Verlag, spring 2023; German from Persian, translated by Gorji Marzban and Thomas Geldner, hardcover, ISBN 9783962021016. The explicit edition statement distinguishes it from the publisher’s first 2022 edition; textual revision is not established. Original archive and current response checked 4 October 2026.