Story · Memoirs of a Soldier

In Their Camp

English finding-aid title for the scanned Persian text; not a published English translation title.

The soldiers’ casual visit to a crowded displacement camp turns into a conversation about responsibility and escape.

Author
Ghazi Rabihavi
Publication
Memoirs of a Soldier
Source date
Autumn 1360 (Iranian calendar) · Qoqnus edition
Published language
Persian
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English publication guide

English editorial orientation to the inspected Persian scan. The complete literary text remains with the original publication.

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Reading orientation

The narrator and Sergeant Zahraei wait in a jeep while Sergeant Askari meets a young woman living with her mother in a crowded camp. Families from Abadan and Khorramshahr have filled its former Japanese-built accommodation. The men’s jokes and sightseeing sit alongside the children, improvised stalls and approaching blackout. Source 1

When Askari returns, the companions learn that the woman is pregnant. He has told her that a posting to the front will take him away for several weeks. The visit exposes a difference between his promise to return and his wish to leave. The story’s displaced families remain more than scenery for the soldiers’ leisure: their vulnerability frames the final exchange about evading fatherhood. Source 1

The scanned appearance

Dar kamp-e anha appears in Memoirs of a Soldier, PDF pages 39–49 · printed pages 38–48. The scanned colophon identifies Qoqnus and first edition autumn 1360. This is the fourth story in the collection. The date identifies the scanned volume, rather than an independently established composition date. The English title is a finding aid. Source 1

Sources & credits

  1. In Their Camp · scanned Persian source

    Dar kamp-e anha. Memoirs of a Soldier. The scanned colophon identifies Qoqnus and first edition autumn 1360. This is the fourth story in the collection. PDF pages 39–49 · printed pages 38–48. The English paragraphs are original editorial reading orientations, not reproduced or translated literary passages.