{"product_id":"9781609454517","title":"Disoriental","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER: Le Prix du Roman News, Style Prize, \u003ci\u003eLire\u003c\/i\u003e Best Debut Novel 2016, la Porte Dorée Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eKimiâ 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, 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 fifty-two wives, and her parents, Darius and Sara, stalwart opponents of each regime that befalls them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this high-spirited, kaleidoscopic story, key moments of Iranian history, politics, and culture punctuate stories of family drama and triumph. Yet 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Europa Editions, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47061002387696,"sku":"9781609454517","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781609454517_p0.jpg?v=1763842085","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781609454517","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}