Martyr!

Informationen zum Autor Kaveh Akbar has been awarded multiple Pushcart Prizes for his poetry, and his collection Pilgrim Bell was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Poetry. He is a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship, and his work has been featured in The New Yorker and The Paris Review , on BBC Radio 4’s Start the Week and Front Row , on The New Yorker Radio Hour , and in The Kindergarten Teacher starring Maggie Gyllenhaal. His debut novel, Martyr! , was a New York Times bestseller and a most anticipated book in 2024 for TIME , NYLON , Oprah Daily and Marie Claire. Born in Tehran, he lives in Iowa. Klappentext A transcendental debut novel from a multiple prize-winning poet; a story of mothers and sons, empires, and what it might mean to strive for love in a world that feels consumed by loss. Zusammenfassung A transcendental debut novel from a multiple prize-winning poet; a story of mothers and sons, empires, and what it might mean to strive for love in a world that feels consumed by loss.

Product details

• Authors: Kaveh Akbar
• Publisher: Picador Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.01.2024
• EAN: 9781035026074
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3502607-4
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 234 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; New York, New York City, FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Friendship, FICTION / City Life, FICTION / Political, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Politics, Tehran, Narrative theme: displacement, exile, migration, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict, FICTION / World Literature / American / 21st Century