![]() ![]() Above all, it is a story of finding empathy. Secret police, daring escapes and heartbreaking desertion and sacrifice ensue.ĭaniel’s story is one of perseverance and love a story where the sadness cannot overshadow the heroism. When Nayeri’s mother converts to Christianity, the family dynamics change. His father is a dentist in Iran, and his mother is a famous doctor. Daniel relates the story of his prosperous mother and father. You become immersed in Daniel’s story and cannot escape. Even ruminations about the different foods of each country and the contrasting of the bathrooms in Iran and America are fascinating. ![]() How can an overweight, poor child living in a derelict neighborhood really claim to have had such amazing adventures? In a seemingly convoluted narrative style, Daniel relates his story of flight from danger.ĭaniel Nayeri is a gifted author, able to describe lush Persian landscapes as adeptly as the tornado-ravaged Oklahoma plains. He claims to have been descended from kings, to have once lived in a house with birds residing in the walls and to have been regarded as a prince. ![]() His classmates cannot believe Daniel’s extraordinary stories. Daniel Nayeri’s Everything Sad is Untrue is a tapestry book an autobiographical novel of a turbulent but profound childhood.ĭaniel is often ridiculed at his new school in Oklahoma. Books of this sort can be discordant, incoherent messes, or they can be intricate tapestries of beauty. Sometimes, a book appears that is unique and defiant of genre conventions. ![]()
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