Disoriental -- Négar Djavadi, Paperback

At the heart of this sweeping saga of twentieth-century Iran is the unforgettable story of Kimi Sadr-punk-rock aficionado, storyteller extraordinaire, a modern Scheherazade divided between family traditions and her "disorientalization."

Kimi fled Iran at the age of ten in the company of her mother and sisters to join her father in France. Now twenty-five, she's inundated by her own memories and the stories of her ancestors. 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.

At once a sweeping saga of twentieth-century Iran and an intimate story of a young woman's determination to create a future on her own terms.

Author: Négar Djavadi
Publisher: Europa Editions
Published: 04/17/2018
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.30w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781609454517
Award: National Book Awards - Finalist

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 02/01/2018 pg. 92
Booklist 02/01/2018 pg. 22
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2018
Publishers Weekly 02/26/2018

About the Author
Tina Kover's published works include the Modern Library translation of Georges by Alexandre Dumas père, The Black City by George Sand (Carroll & Graf), and Maurice G. Dantec's Cosmos Incorporated and Grand Junction. In 2009 she received a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship for the translation of Manette Salomon by the Goncourt brothers.