Brazilian Real
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Autor: SAYRAFIEZADEH, SAID
Editorial: MALPASO
Lenguaje: Español
ISBN13: 9788415996309
Reseña: Saïds Iranian-born father and American Jewish mother had one thing in common: their unshakable conviction that the workers revolution was coming. Separated since their son was nine months old they each pursued a dream of the perfect socialist society. Pinballing with his mother between makeshift Pittsburgh apartments falling asleep at party meetings longing for the luxuries hes taught to despise Saïd waits for the revolution that never ever arrives. Soon his mother assures him while his long-absent father quixotically runs as a socialist candidate for president in an Iran about to fall under the ayatollahs. Then comes the hostage crisis. The uproar that follows is the first time Saïd hears the word Iran in school. There he is suddenly forced to confront the combustible stew of his identity: as an American an Iranian a Jew a socialist... and a middle-school kid who loves football and video games. Poised perfectly between tragedy and farce here is a story by a brilliant young writer struggling to break away from the powerful mythologies of his upbringing and create a life--and a voice--of his own. Saïd Sayrafiezadehs memoir is unforgettable.
