Join acclaimed Iranian author Javad Djavahery at Brookline Booksmith as he discusses his extraordinary English-language debut, My Part of Her with his translator, Emma Ramadan. The event will be part of The Transnational Series of Brookline Booksmith (Brookline, MA), a series that focuses on stories of migration, the intersection of politics & literature, and works in translation. The discussion will be followed by a Q&A and signing session.
Praised by Kirkus Reviews as “vivid, shattering, and utterly memorable,” My Part of Her is a devastating coming-of-age novel set on the Caspian Sea, about a youthful betrayal one summer and its far-reaching consequences for a group of friends as their lives are irrevocably altered by the Revolution.
When: Tuesday, February 25, 7 pm
Where: Brookline Booksmith (Brookline, MA)
Celebrated Iranian novelist and short story writer Javad Djavahery was forced to leave Iran, settling in France as a political refugee at the age of twenty, and is now based in Paris. Djavahery has produced several films and writes screenplays and fiction. He has two short story collections in Persian and two novels in French. My Part of Her is his English-language debut.
Emma Ramadan is a literary translator based in Providence, RI, where she is the co-owner of Riffraff, a bookstore and bar. She is the recipient of an NEA Translation Fellowship, a PEN/Heim grant, and a Fulbright scholarship.
This tour is organized with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy.
By Javad Djavahery
Translated from the French by Emma Ramadan
Preface by Dina Nayeri
In exiled Iranian author Javad Djavahery’s captivating English debut, a youthful betrayal during a summer on the Caspian sea has far-reaching consequences for a group of friends as their lives are irrevocably altered by the Revolution.
Paperback • ISBN: 9781632062437
Publication date: Feb 11, 2020