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Gisu · in the author’s voice

A short passage from Gisu, read and performed by Rabihavi himself.

Credited to
Ghazi Rabihavi · published by Baang
Publication / collection
Baang · YouTube
Source date
Channel upload · 7 October 2020
Original language
Persian
Format
Author reading hosted as a video
Recorded duration
3 minutes 49 seconds · channel page

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Persian · 3 minutes 49 seconds · channel page

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The complete 3:49 author-reading clip is available from Baang’s public channel stream. It is an extract, not the whole novel. Captions were unavailable in the player checked on 4 October 2026.

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English context leads to a separately published Persian extract. Exact correspondence to the recording is unverified.

Captions, reading & access

Original English orientation based on the credited publication and its media description. Recording metadata, written material and spoken content are distinguished in the notes.

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The novel returns as a voice

Baang names both the voice and performance as Rabihavi’s. Its description introduces Gisu through a recently released political prisoner searching for himself and for feelings obscured by violence. The recording gives a short author-read encounter with that novel. Source 1

A reissue beside the reading

The channel dates the upload to 7 October 2020 and gives 3:49. Its description refers to Payam’s planned reissue in Germany. A German place of publication does not make the recording or book a German translation; the novel and reading remain Persian-language material. Source 1

Two ways into the work

Baang also published a written Gisu extract and included an author-reading cue in the first Baang–Nava programme. The standalone recording, written extract and later programme context are connected paths, without an assumed word-for-word identity between them. Source 1

Availability & access

Available material
The complete 3:49 author-reading clip was verified through Baang’s public channel stream on 4 October 2026. It is a short extract; the novel and full Baang–Nava programme are separate publications.
Reading / listening access
Persian descriptive notes and a separately published written extract are available. Captions were unavailable in the player checked on 4 October 2026. The extract is not established as an exact transcript of this recording.
Reproduction
The recording remains with its credited publisher and creators. No reproduction licence is established here; consult the originating source for use beyond listening or viewing there.

Sources & credits

  1. Baang · Gisu in the author’s voice

    Author reading uploaded 7 October 2020; page runtime 3:49. The description introduces a forthcoming German-published Persian reissue, rather than dating the novel’s first publication.