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Disoriental
- Narrated by: Siiri Scott
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
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Summary
National Book Award finalist: "A multigenerational epic of the Sadr family's life in Iran and their eventual exile.... Full of surprises" (The Globe and Mail)
Winner of the 2019 Albertine Prize and Lambda Literary Award
Kimiâ Sadr fled Iran at the age of 10 in the company of her mother and sisters to join her father in France. Now 25 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. 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 52 wives, and her parents, Darius and Sara, stalwart opponents of each regime that befalls them. 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 best-selling and beloved novel, recipient of numerous literary honors.