'A wonder and a pleasure to read. Djavadi is an immensely gifted storyteller, and Kimiâ's tale is especially compelling.' - Booklist (starred review) Perfectly blends historical fact with contemporary themes.' - Library Journal Djavadi deftly weaves together the history of 20th-century Iran the spellbinding chronicle of her own ancestors. 'Where initially Disoriental seems focused on Kimiâ's father and his pro-democracy activism-first against the Shah, then the Ayatollah Khomeini-this is truly Kimiâ's story of disorientation-national, familial and sexual-and finding herself again.' - The Globe and Mail 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, recipient of numerous literary honors. 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. 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. Kimiâ Sadr fled Iran at the age of ten in the company of her mother and sisters to join her father in France. Winner of the 2019 Albertine Prize and Lambda Literary Award Full of surprises' ( The Globe and Mail). The title of this novel is a deft play on words: in this story of an Iranian dissident family forced into exile in Paris in 1981 after the Islamist revolution, Kimia Sadr is not only separated from her oriental identity, but she, and her whole family, are disoriented by the loss of all that is familiar and by the.

National Book Award Finalist: 'A multigenerational epic of the Sadr family's life in Iran and their eventual exile.

Disoriental novel