Kimia 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. In 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 "disorientalisation"-who forms the heart of this bestselling and beloved novel.
| ISBN-13: | 9781787702042 |
| ISBN-10: | 1787702049 |
| Publisher: | Europa Editions |
| Publication date: | 2019 |
| Pages: | 352 |
| Product dimensions: | Height: 5.1181 Inches, Length: 7.75589 Inches, Weight: 0.5291094288 Pounds, Width: 1.1811 Inches |
| Author: | Negar Djavadi |
| Language: | en |
| Binding: | Paperback |
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