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Man of my Time

Sofer, Dalia, 1972- Book - 2020 Adult Book / Fiction / General / Sofer, Dalia 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 0 out of 5

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"Set in Iran and New York City, Man of My Time tells the story of Hamid Mozaffarian, who is as alienated from himself as he is from the world around him. After decades of ambivalent work as an interrogator with the Iranian regime, Hamid travels on a diplomatic mission to New York, where he encounters his estranged family and retrieves the ashes of his father, whose dying wish was to be buried in Iran. Tucked in his pocket throughout the trip, the ashes propel him into a first-person excavation--full of mordant wit and bitter memory--of a lifetime of betrayal, and prompt him to trace his own evolution from a perceptive boy in love with marbles to a man who, on seeing his own reflection, is startled to encounter someone he no longer recognizes. As he reconnects with his brother and others living in exile, Hamid is forced to reckon with his past, with the insidious nature of violence, and with his entrenchment in a system that for decades ensnared him."-- Provided by publisher.

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PUBLISHED
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020.
Year Published: 2020
Description: 372 pages ; 22 cm
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780374110062
0374110069

SUBJECTS
Iranians -- United States -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Fathers -- Death -- Fiction.
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Fiction.
Military interrogation -- Iran -- Fiction.
Iran -- Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Domestic fiction.