"Modern Persian Prose Literature", is one the best surveys of the prose literature of modern Iran. It is still one of the best works in any language on the life and work of Sadegh Hedayat.

Modern Persian Prose Literature is a study of the imaginative prose literature written in Persia since the end of the nineteenth century, is comprehensive and self contained. It begins with a historical survey of the whole range of Persian prose writing and includes a general account of the social and political background of the works. The writers themselves are classified by period, subject-matter and Kamshad's assessment of their importance. There is a critical analysis of the more important works.