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Disoriental

Disoriental

Author(s): Negar Djavadi, Tina Kover (Translator)

Location(s): Iran

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): Modern looking back

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 and facing the future she has built for herself as well as the prospect of a new generation, Kimia is inundated by her own memories and the stories of her ancestors, which come to her in unstoppable, uncontainable waves. A high-spirited, kaleidoscopic story, blending key moments of Iranian history, politics, and culture with stories of family drama and triumph.

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