Working to follow the story brings the reader closer to the text, but Everything Sad is Untrue deserves that level of attention. The depth of thought it provokes and the breadth of the world it introduces readers is a strength, but it also requires readers to accept the challenge of following those narrative threads. And yet, through this whirlwind of stories, a single sentence can stop readers in their tracks, leaving them to ponder the implications of their interpretation of the cascade of events. One page may find you in Oklahoma while the next page you’re in Iran and the next a Persian folktale. The storytelling experience hypnotizes as the novel pulls readers through tales that span millennia. Everything Sad Is Untrue is a great novel. While good novels can captivate a reader’s imagination and evoke strong emotions, great novels create a new experience for readers.
In doing so, Daniel is Scheherazade, telling stories to live one more day and turn the resentment he faces into love (or at least acceptance). Daniel (formerly Khosrou) recalls events that led to his family needing to flee Iran, their time in a refugee camp in Italy, their journey to the United States, and many other family tales relating to these circumstances while incorporating narrative elements of Persian folktales. In recounting his story of being in a middle school classroom in Oklahoma, Nayeri immerses contemporary students in a narrative that spans generations and centuries. Title: Everything Sad Is Untrue: (a true story)Įverything Sad Is Untrue is author Daniel Nayeri’s (true) story.
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