Zebra is taught to memorize books from an early age, when she is born in a library in Iran. "From an award-winning young author, a novel following a feisty heroine's idiosyncratic quest to reclaim her past by mining the wisdom of her literary icons-even as she navigates the murkier mysteries of love"- … ( more) They push and pull their way across the Mediterranean, wondering with each turn if their love, or lust, can free Zebra from her past.An adventure tale, a love story, and a paean to the power of language and literature starring a heroine as quirky as Don Quixote, as introspective as Virginia Woolf, as whip-smart as Miranda July, and as spirited as Frances Ha,Call Me Zebrawill establish Van der Vliet Oloomi as an author "on the verge of developing a whole new literature movement" (Bustle)". Neither are wrong neither can let the other go. He thinks she's unhinged she thinks he's pedantic. Zebra overwhelms him with her complex literary theories, her concern with death, and her obsession with history.
Their connection is magnetic their time together fraught.
Now alone and in exile, Zebra leaves New York for Barcelona, retracing the journey she and her father made from Iran to the United States years ago.Books are Zebra's only companions-until she meets Ludo. When war came, her family didn't fight they took refuge in books. "From an award-winning young author, a novel following a feisty heroine's idiosyncratic quest to reclaim her past by mining the wisdom of her literary icons-even as she navigates the murkier mysteries of love.Zebra is the last in a line of anarchists, atheists, and autodidacts.
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