Good Night Commander!

Good Night Commander! (Persian: شب بخیر فرمانده‎) is a picture book written by Ahmad Akbarpour in Persian in 2003 and illustrated by Narges Mohammadi.[1] The book is mainly about the Iran-Iraq war.[2][3] The book focuses on the experiences of a young boy who calls himself the Commander and has lost one of his legs and his mother during the war.[4]

Good Night Commander!
Original publication
AuthorAhmad Akbarpour
TranslatorShadi Eskandani and Helen Mixter
CountryIran
LanguagePersian
Published2003
Published in English
2010
Media typeBook
ISBN978-0888999894 (2010, English language edition)
j891.553/4
LC ClassPZ7.A275 G66

It has been translated into English and was published by Groundwood Books in 2010.[5] The idea for writing the novel came to Akbarpour because he found the war unintelligible and because its bad effects on people and specially on children annoyed him.[6]

Narrative

The book is about a young boy who calls himself the Commander. He lost his mother and his leg during the war in the 1980s. Now alone in his room and playing with his toys, he recreates his memories of war and tries to revenge his losses. In his games, he has a conflict with an imaginary enemy and its soldiers. The boy talks to his mother's photo and expresses his grief over his father's remarriage.[7]

Author

Ahmad Akbarpour is an Iranian novelist and author of short stories and children's books. So far he has written several books for children.[8]

Awards

The book considered as:

• Selected book of UNICEF[9]

• Year Book of Islamic Republic of Iran[10]

• Selected book of the International Youth Library[11]

The book has won an IBBY honor diploma in Pekan.[12]

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See also

References
  1. "شب به خیر فرمانده»ي احمد اكبرپور به كره رفت«". Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  2. "کتاب جدید احمد اکبرپور رونمایی می‌شود". Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  3. "نسخه چاپيارسال به دوستان تاثیر جنگ بر کودکان در کتاب "شب به‌خیر فرمانده"". Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  4. "Good Night, Commander". Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  5. "شب به خیر فرمانده»ي احمد اكبرپور به كره رفت«". Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  6. ""شب بخیر فرمانده" اکبرپور به کانادا می‌رود "شب بخير فرمانده" به کانادا مي‌رود". Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  7. "Good Night, Commander". Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  8. "احمد اکبرپور". Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  9. ""شب بخیر فرمانده" اکبرپور به کانادا می‌رود "شب بخير فرمانده" به کانادا مي‌رود". Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  10. ""شب بخیر فرمانده" اکبرپور به کانادا می‌رود". Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  11. "احمد اکبرپور". Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  12. ""شب بخیر فرمانده" اکبرپور به کانادا می‌رود". Retrieved 12 November 2015.
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