būm o andūh-e būmī Persian 2025

Canvas and Native Sorrow is a novel based on the life of Habibeh Boroumand, the Kermani painter. Mansour Alimardani—writer and well-known researcher—recounts in soft, poetic prose how this self-taught artist, through remarkable perseverance, rose to become a distinguished figure in contemporary Iranian art, earning recognition and respect.

Yet Canvas and Native Sorrow is not merely a narrative of Boroumand’s achievements and joys. Interwoven throughout the novel are her profound pains and sorrows, inscribed upon its pages with equal force. Ultimately, what emerges from the many peaks and valleys of her life is the triumph of willpower and the portrait of an artist who stands as a symbol of patience, faith, and resilience.