{"id":24996,"date":"2023-02-07T18:42:23","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T16:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=24996"},"modified":"2023-02-07T18:43:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T16:43:45","slug":"negar-djavadis-disoriental-sunday-feb-26-1-pm-eastern","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/event\/negar-djavadis-disoriental-sunday-feb-26-1-pm-eastern\/","title":{"rendered":"N\u00e9gar Djavadi&#8217;s <em>Disoriental<em\/>, Sunday, Feb. 26, 12 noon Eastern"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>February 2023 BookGroup Selection is\u00a0<em>Disoriental<\/em>, the novel by N\u00e9gar Djavadi.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cOur memories select, eliminate, exaggerate, minimize, glorify, denigrate. They create their own versions of events and serve up their own reality.\u201d \u2014N\u00e9gar Djavadi<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The story of a young girl and her family, at the core of an exploration of Iranian history.<\/p>\n<p>Kimi\u00e2 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, Kimi\u00e2 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.<\/p>\n<p>In this high-spirited, kaleidoscopic story, key moments of Iranian history, politics, and culture punctuate stories of family drama and triumph. Yet it is Kimi\u00e2 herself\u2014punk-rock aficionado, storyteller extraordinaire, a Scheherazade of our time, and above all a modern woman divided between family traditions and her own \u201cdisorientalization\u201d\u2014who forms the heart of this bestselling and beloved novel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOur memories select, eliminate, exaggerate, minimize, glorify, denigrate. 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