In TOTAL, Nastaran Makaremi paints a multifaceted literary panorama of power, resources, and the traces that economic interests leave behind in societies.
The novel moves between the past and the present, linking individual experiences to broader historical and political contexts. The result is a dense web of memories, myth, and reality, in which questions of exploitation, responsibility, and resistance arise anew time and again.
In poetic yet powerful language, Makaremi tells of invisible connections and hidden dynamics—and of how profoundly power structures affect the lives of individuals. TOTAL is a novel about the aftermath of history and the search for truth in a complex world. (Publisher)