Set in Iran of 1933, His Ego chronicles the life of the protagonist Ali Fattah, a well-off businessman who has lost his father in early childhood and was raised by his grandfather. Ali falls in love with his childhood playmate, Mahtab, but they cannot get married. A few years later, Mahtab moves to France together with Ali Fattah’s sister. His sister marries an Algerian partisan who is assassinated a while later. Mahtab and Ali’s sister have to return to Iran but are martyred both during the bombardment of Tehran. After all ups and downs, Ali Fattah endows all of his father’s estates, feels that his time is over, and dies.

Reza Amirkhani Born: May 17, 1973 (age 46 years), Tehran Reza Amirkhani is a contemporary Iranian novelist. He started writing at high school with "Ermia" novel.