Martyr! - The Instant New York Times Bestseller

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: Hardback
• Released: 07.03.2024
• EAN: 9781035026067
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3502606-7
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 144 mm x 222 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); 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