The Department of Asian Studies and Persian Literature Reading Club at the University of British Columbia are delighted to invite the readers and admirers of Modern Persian Literature to join this special event:
“Love and Punishment in Persian Literature:
Story-Reading with Shahriar Mandanipour”
This event will be in Persian.
Friday, March 19th, 2021
4:00PM-6:00PM (PST)
Held online via Zoom
Free – Online registration is required here.
In the first hour section of the event, we discuss two short stories by Shahriar Mandanipour, “Violet Orient” and ““Shatter the Stone Tooth”. Use this rare opportunity to have the author give clues as to how to connect with the story. Come to the session with your questions and enjoy a mini-lesson in literary criticism from the author. In the last half hour, the professors of UBC’s Department of Asian Studies Dr. Hessam Dehghani and Dr. Mostafa Abedinifard will hold an interview with Shahriar Mandanipour about his latest novel and masterpiece “Moon Brow”(The English Translation of his work “‘Aqrab Keshi”).