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DISORIENTAL Négar Djavadi ; translated from the French by Tina Kover.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Publication details: New York Europa Editions 2018/01/01Edition: 1Description: 338ISBN:
  • 9781609454517
  • 1609454510
Uniform titles:
  • Désorientale. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • F DJA/DI
Awards:
  • Winner : Prix du Style, Prix Littéraire de la Porte Dorée, Prix du Roman News, The RTBF Prix Première, The Emmanuel Roblès First Novel Prize, Lire magazine's Best Debut Novel Prize
Summary: "Kimiâ Sadr fled Iran at the age of ten in the company of her mother and sisters to join her father in France. Now twenty-five and facing the future she has built for herself as well as the prospect of a new generation, Kimiâ is inundated by her own memories and the stories of her ancestors, which come to her in unstoppable, uncontainable waves. In the waiting room of a Parisian fertility clinic, generations of flamboyant Sadrs return to her, including her formidable great-grandfather Montazemolmolk, with his harem of fifty-two wives, and her parents, Darius and Sara, stalwart opponents of each regime that befalls them"--Amazon.
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Lending Lending Ernakulam Public Library General Stacks Reference F DJA/DI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available E192023

Shortlisted for the 2018 National Book Awards

One of The Globe & Mail's Best Books of 2018

WINNER: Le Prix du Roman News, Style Prize, Lire Best Debut Novel 2016, la Porte Dorée Prize

Kimiâ Sadr fled Iran at the age of ten in the company of her mother and sisters to join her father in France. Now twenty-five and facing the future she has built for herself as well as the prospect of a new generation, Kimiâ is inundated by her own memories and the stories of her ancestors, which come to her in unstoppable, uncontainable waves. In the waiting room of a Parisian fertility clinic, generations of flamboyant Sadrs return to her, including her formidable great-grandfather Montazemolmolk, with his harem of fifty-two wives, and her parents, Darius and Sara, stalwart opponents of each regime that befalls them.

In this high-spirited, kaleidoscopic story, key moments of Iranian history, politics, and culture punctuate stories of family drama and triumph. Yet it is Kimiâ herself––punk-rock aficionado, storyteller extraordinaire, a Scheherazade of our time, and above all a modern woman divided between family traditions and her own “disorientalization”––who forms the heart of this bestselling and beloved novel.

Originally published in the French as Désorientale.

"Kimiâ Sadr fled Iran at the age of ten in the company of her mother and sisters to join her father in France. Now twenty-five and facing the future she has built for herself as well as the prospect of a new generation, Kimiâ is inundated by her own memories and the stories of her ancestors, which come to her in unstoppable, uncontainable waves. In the waiting room of a Parisian fertility clinic, generations of flamboyant Sadrs return to her, including her formidable great-grandfather Montazemolmolk, with his harem of fifty-two wives, and her parents, Darius and Sara, stalwart opponents of each regime that befalls them"--Amazon.

Translated from the French.

Winner : Prix du Style, Prix Littéraire de la Porte Dorée, Prix du Roman News, The RTBF Prix Première, The Emmanuel Roblès First Novel Prize, Lire magazine's Best Debut Novel Prize

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