Access a growing selection of included Audible Originals, audiobooks and podcasts.

Sohrab calls him Darioush-the original Persian version of his name-and Darius has never felt more like himself than he does now that he's Darioush to Sohrab. Adib Khorrams Darius the Great Is Not Okay is a tender look into the life of Darius Kellner, a nerdy half-Persian teenager whos having difficulty finding his. Darius the Great Is Not Okay By: Adib Khorram Narrated by: Michael Levi Harris Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins 4.6 (484 ratings) Try for 0.00 Pick 1 title (2 titles for Prime members) from our collection of bestsellers and new releases. And he understands that sometimes, friends don't have to talk. He gets Darius an Iranian National Football Team jersey that makes him feel like a True Persian for the first time. Sohrab introduces Darius to all of his favorite things-mint syrup and the soccer field and a secret rooftop overlooking the city's skyline. Then Darius meets Sohrab, the boy next door, and everything changes. His clinical depression doesn't exactly help matters, and trying to explain his medication to his grandparents only makes things harder. He's a Fractional Persian-half, his mom's side-and his first-ever trip to Iran is about to change his life.ĭarius has never really fit in at home in Portland, and he just knows things are going to be the same in Iran. Darius doesn’t think he’ll ever be enough, in America or in Iran.ĭarius Kellner speaks better Klingon than Farsi, and he knows more about Hobbit social cues than Persian ones.

Darius great is not okay