Gabbeh: Tropes

Signature tropes

The ones that say the most about Gabbeh. Pick one to read it.

• Tastes Like Purplein 71 titlesA variation. Uncle Abbas seems to have an ability to grasp and summon color.Read →
• Circling Vulturesin 173 titlesAbbas says "Life is color!", and there's a sequence of the various dyes that the family uses to dye wool.Read →
• Meadow Runin 113 titlesGabbeh is in the wheat fields. Her lover comes galloping towards her on a horse.Read →
• Repeat Cutin 243 titlesAfter shooting Gabbeh and her young lover, the man on horseback with the rifle flings down the "gabbeh" rug with the picture of Gabbeh's lover swooping her up onto a horse.Read →
• The Facelessin 1,397 titlesGabbeh's lover is only ever seen from a distance, on horseback, calling to Gabbeh by imitating the call of a wolf.Read →
• Foreshadowingin 11,949 titlesThe old husband washing the "gabbeh" rug by the stream falls in love with Gabbeh. As his own wife stalks off in a snit, the old man professes his love for Gabbeh, saying "You don't love me!"Read →