Martyr!

''I will carry this story, and the people in it, with me for the rest of my life'' JOHN GREEN, author of The Fault in Our Stars AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024 A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST 2024 A BARNES & NOBLE DISCOVER PRIZE FINALIST SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD 2024 NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2024 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES , AMAZON, TIME AND SARAH JESSICA PARKER ON BARACK OBAMA''S SUMMER READING LIST 2024 ''Smart, dazzling, different . . . This book is thrilling.'' Ann Patchett, author of Tom Lake ''An absolute jewel of a novel'' Tommy Orange, author of Wandering Stars ''A kaleidoscopic debut'' Guardian Cyrus Shams has always been lost. He''s grown up tangled in the mysteries of his past - an uncle who rode through Iranian battlefields, a haunting work of art by an exiled painter, and his mother, whose plane was shot down over the Persian Gulf when he was just a baby. Now, newly sober and maybe in love, he''s headed for an encounter that will transform everything he thought he knew. Can a final revelation change the truth of Cyrus''s life? Electrifying, funny, and all-consuming, Kaveh Akbar''s Martyr! is a masterpiece. * Martyr! was an instant New York Times bestseller w/c 27/1/24

A propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Kaveh Akbar
• Edition: Picador Uk
• Langues: Anglais
• Recommandation d'âge: à partir de 18 ans
• Format d'édition: Poche format B
• Sortie: 06.02.2025
• EAN: 9781035026081
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3502608-1
• Pages: 352
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 23 mm
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits); Iran, 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 / LGBTQ+ / Gay, FICTION / Romance / LGBTQ+ / Bisexual, FICTION / Romance / LGBTQ+ / Lesbian, FICTION / LGBTQ+ / General, FICTION / World Literature / American / 21st Century