The Woman Who Read Too Much

"A gripping tale of a pioneering woman in nineteenth century Iran, told from the street level up, that is universally relevant to our times."


BAHIYYIH NAKHJAVANI

Bahiyyih Nakhjavani grew up in Uganda, was educated in the United Kingdom and the United States, and now lives in France where she teaches. She is the author of The Saddlebag and Paper as well as non-fiction works about fundamentalism and education. Her novels have been published in French, Italian, Spanish, German, Dutch, Greek, Turkish, Hebrew, Russian, and Korean.



Book Tour

Boston University

Friday, March 27, Noon
Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations
Pardee School of Global Studies
121 Bay State Road, First Floor

Mount Holyoke College

Saturday, March 28, 4:00 pm
Odyssey Bookstore, South Hadley

Stanford University

Monday, March 30, 6:30 pm
Cubberley Auditorium

UCLA

Tuesday, March 31, 3:00 pm
Program in Iranian Studies
6275 Bunche Hall

Library of Congress

Thursday, April 2, Noon
African/Middle Eastern Reading Room
Thomas Jefferson Building, 2nd Floor

University of Maryland

Thursday, April 2, 7:00 pm
The Baha’I Chair for World Peace
Biosciences Research Building (#413), Room 1101