Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi is an award-winning Iranian-American author whose work is characterized by a powerful voice and a distinctive stylistic approach. Her novels delve into complex themes with profound psychological insight and literary precision. Oloomi is recognized for her explorations of identity, exile, and cultural intersections, with her prose often reflecting her own experiences and observations of the world. Her ability to craft compelling narratives and characters establishes her as a significant contemporary literary figure.
A new novel by PEN/Faulkner Award winner Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi, written with the intensity of early Marguerite Duras and Ferrantes Days of Abandonment, about a young woman's search for healing in the fall-out of an affair with a much older man, a personal and political exploration of desire, power, domination, and human connection ( The Millions ).
Sparkling with wit and mischief and brimming with imaginative vignettes and unconventional musings, Call Me Zebra is a riotous, erudite, unpredictable novel about literature, lust and dislocation.