Dalia Sofer Knihy

"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

Isaac Amin is een welgestelde joodse zakenman in het Iran van de sjah, maar na de revolutie van 1979 stort zijn wereld in elkaar. De Revolutionaire Garde verdenkt iedereen die geen moslim is van spionage en Isaac wordt gearresteerd. In de gevangenis, waar hij leeft met de vrees zijn familie nooit meer te zien, wordt hij gemarteld en heeft hij al zijn strijdvaardigheid nodig om te overleven. Intussen worden Isaacs vrouw en kinderen geplaagd door onzekerheid, spijt en rouw, maar ondanks hun schuldgevoelens gaat voor hen het leven door.