{"product_id":"negar-djavadi-disoriental-2019-paperback","title":"Negar Djavadi: 9781786583772 [2019] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2019 Albertine Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2019 Lambda Literary Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrix du Style\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrix de la Porte Doree \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2016 Lire Best Debut Novel \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLe Prix du Roman News\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow in B-format Paperback\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKimia 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, with a new life and the prospect of a child, Kimia is inundated by her own memories and the stories of her ancestors, which reach 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.\u003cbr\u003eIn this high-spirited, kaleidoscopic story, key moments of Iranian history, politics, and culture punctuate stories of family drama and triumph. Yet it is Kimia 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In her remarkable novel, Negar Djavadi beautifully captures the \"disorientation\" of exile and the attempt to reconstruct a self through family stories.\" - \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The novel pulsates with life but does not shirk from violence. The gorgeous prose...takes the edge off the relentless turmoil described throughout.\" - \u003ci\u003eThe Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A momentous saga of modern Iran.\" - \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Djavadi, Negar \u0026 Kover, Tina","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":51583073124691,"sku":"9781787702042","price":11.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Good","offer_id":51947135828307,"sku":"XG81787702042","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/djavadi-negar-kover-tina-negar-djavadi-disoriental-2019-paperback-9781787702042-1183525893.jpg?v=1758534398","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/negar-djavadi-disoriental-2019-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}