Yek Kalagh, Chel Kalagh

 

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'1 crow, 40 crows' is an Iranian saying: if a story is passed on, it becomes more and more exaggerated. This book contains 40 cartoons made by Mehrnaz herself and 40 so-called cari-kalamators, word caricatures, pointed statements that make the reader think for a second and then make them smile. For example, on page zero it says:

the zero complains
that it does not count