On March 4, Iranian author Javad Djavahery will discuss his remarkable English-language debut at City Lights Bookstore. With a searing introduction by Dina Nayeri, My Part of Her is an extraordinary coming-of-age novel about youth, desire, and the devastation of young lives caught up in global geopolitics. Booklist says that “this English-language debut of exiled Iranian novelist Djavahery captures the headiness of youth, with all its promise and peril, and displays how seemingly small actions can become pivotal moments when the world is turned on its head.” There will be a Q&A followed by a book signing.
When: Wednesday, March 4, 7 pm
Where: City Lights Bookstore (San Francisco, CA)
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.
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