Martyr! A novel
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Produktdetails
Verkaufsrang
30003
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
23.01.2024
Verlag
Random House N.Y.Seitenzahl
352
Maße (L/B/H)
24,4/16,1/3,5 cm
Gewicht
618 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-593-53761-9
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • A TIME MUST-READ BOOK OF THE YEAR • A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a remarkable search for a family secret that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum. Electrifying, funny, and wholly original, Martyr! heralds the arrival of an essential new voice in contemporary fiction.
“Kaveh Akbar is one of my favorite writers. Ever.” —Tommy Orange, Pulitzer Prize–nominated author of There There
“The best novel you'll ever read about the joy of language, addiction, displacement, martyrdom, belonging, homesickness.” —Lauren Groff, best-selling author of Matrix and Fates and Furies
Cyrus Shams is a young man grappling with an inheritance of violence and loss: his mother’s plane was shot down over the skies of the Persian Gulf in a senseless accident; and his father’s life in America was circumscribed by his work killing chickens at a factory farm in the Midwest. Cyrus is a drunk, an addict, and a poet, whose obsession with martyrs leads him to examine the mysteries of his past—toward an uncle who rode through Iranian battlefields dressed as the angel of death to inspire and comfort the dying, and toward his mother, through a painting discovered in a Brooklyn art gallery that suggests she may not have been who or what she seemed.
Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr! is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaning—in faith, art, ourselves, others.
“Kaveh Akbar is one of my favorite writers. Ever.” —Tommy Orange, Pulitzer Prize–nominated author of There There
“The best novel you'll ever read about the joy of language, addiction, displacement, martyrdom, belonging, homesickness.” —Lauren Groff, best-selling author of Matrix and Fates and Furies
Cyrus Shams is a young man grappling with an inheritance of violence and loss: his mother’s plane was shot down over the skies of the Persian Gulf in a senseless accident; and his father’s life in America was circumscribed by his work killing chickens at a factory farm in the Midwest. Cyrus is a drunk, an addict, and a poet, whose obsession with martyrs leads him to examine the mysteries of his past—toward an uncle who rode through Iranian battlefields dressed as the angel of death to inspire and comfort the dying, and toward his mother, through a painting discovered in a Brooklyn art gallery that suggests she may not have been who or what she seemed.
Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr! is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaning—in faith, art, ourselves, others.
Kundinnen und Kunden meinen
Gut
Bewertung am 27.07.2025
Bewertungsnummer: 2551284
Bewertet: Buch (Taschenbuch)
A very great book, well-written, the plot is great, everything is great.
Wouldn’t recommend for those sensitive to topics of addiction tho as it is quite descriptive and elaborative on this regard.
About the meaning of life and death
Bewertung am 20.03.2025
Bewertungsnummer: 2444314
Bewertet: Buch (Taschenbuch)
This is one of those books that make you reflect on life’s biggest questions; life, death, love and art. You can feel the fact that the author is a poet in every sentence, the prose is beautiful and almost lyrical. The characters are so raw, real and utterly compelling, leaving a lasting impression. I already feel the urge to revisit this book with a highlighter in hand for annotations.
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