Ali Ashraf Darvishian (Persian: علی‌اشرف درویشیان‎; 25 August 1941 – 26 October 2017) was an Iranian story writer and scholar of Kurdish descent. After finishing teacher-training college, he would teach at the poverty-stricken villages of Gilan-e-Gharb and Shah Abad (nowadays called Islam Abad). This atmosphere is featured in most of his stories. His own life situation, as well as the experiences that he had from his teaching in those poor areas, was the inspiration for his literary works and also made him a critic of the political and social situation of Iran. Later, he moved to Tehran and continued his studies in Persian literature.

This book is a collection of 6 short stories in which the author describes the concerns and life of the weak and inferior class of society with a realistic view and pleasant and intimate writing.

The main theme of all these short stories is "bread"; People who are struggling to get a piece of bread for themselves and their families, and the main character of all the stories is a teenage schoolboy from a poor family who is worried about his situation and that of his family. With honesty and simplicity, he describes to the audience.