The Bibliophile's Compass

Title : Man of My Time Author : Dalia Sofer Publication Year : 2020 Rating : ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Pages : 386 Source : audiobook at @storytel.tr Genre : Historical fiction, Persian Literature, Perpetrator Fiction How cruelly ironic it is to read a novel like this at such a time (i.e., to be living through the darkest chapter in your country’s history, with thousands massacred in two days and countless more dying since) only to pick up a book whose main character is complicit in the very machinery of that violence. The timing of this read feels almost like a deliberate wound, a twist of fate that deepens the sense of national grief and fury. I began Man of My Time knowing nothing about the plot or protagonist, simply following my resolution to read one Persian novel each month. Within the first pages, I was so disturbed by the perspective that I had to research the author, desperate for reassurance that she was not a regime sympathizer. Once certain of her opposition, I braced myself for a read...

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