TEHRAN-The Persian translation of the novel “The Green Ray” written by the French author Jules Verne has been released in the Iranian book market.

Qoqnoos Publishing Group has published the book in 239 pages with a translation by Sogol Farahani, Mehr reported.

“The Green Ray” was originally published in 1882 and named after the optical phenomenon of the same name.

Unlike most of Verne's other works, this novel is much more of a romance and travelogue than adventure or even sci-fi.

In the book, Verne has fabricated the ancient Scottish legend of the Green Ray, a flash of green light that sometimes appears just as the sun is passing the horizon at sea when the sky is clear, and the viewer is enabled to see closely into his own heart and read the hearts of others.

When the Morning Post writes about the legendary Green Ray's elevating effects on the mind and soul, Helena Campbell vows to experience it for herself, postponing the wedding being forced upon her against her will. Together with her uncles, Sam and Sib Melville, she sets off on what becomes a near-epic quest. Joining them in the search are two would-be suitors for Helena, one an artist, the other an amateur scientist. Together, they will voyage to a distant shore - and beyond - braving hurricanes, testing their patience and resolve, and ultimately finding their own true selves.

Jules Verne (1828-1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. He is considered to be an important author in France and most of Europe, where he has had a wide influence on the literary avant-garde and surrealism.

Verne was born to bourgeois parents in the seaport of Nantes, where he was trained to follow in his father's footsteps as a lawyer but quit the profession early in life to write for magazines and the stage. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the “Voyages Extraordinaires,” a widely popular series of scrupulously researched adventure novels.

Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before people invented navigable aircraft and practical submarines and devised any means of spacecraft. He ranks behind Agatha Christie as the second most translated author of all time. 

People often refer to Verne alongside Herbert George Wells as the “father of science fiction” for novels including “Journey to the Center of the Earth” (1864) “Around the World in Eighty Days” (1873), and “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea” (1870) among many others.

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