Wednesday, Feb 10, 2016

4:00 pm PST - 5:00 pm PST

William Rolland Gallery of Fine Art
160 Overton Court
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360

Join us for a reading and discussion by Parnaz Foroutan. Foroutan was born in Iran and spent her early childhood there. She received PEN USA’s Emerging Voices award for her novel, which was inspired by her family history. She has been named to the Hedgebrook fellowship and residency, and received funding from the Elizabeth George Foundation, among other institutions. Her novel has been described as “suspenseful” and a story “of desire, obsession, power and vulnerability, in which a crisis of inheritance leads to the downfall of a wealthy family of Persian Jews in early twentieth-century Iran.” She lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.

Sponsored by the Cal Lutheran English Department. Free and open to the public.

Photo © Debbie Formoso