Large Print Book
Martyr! [text (large print)] / Kaveh Akbar.
"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."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593862759 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 445 pages (large print) ; 24 cm
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House Large Print, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published in standard print format: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Families > Fiction. Grief > Fiction. Immigrants > Fiction. Interpersonal relations > Fiction. Painters > Fiction. Terminally ill > Fiction. New York (N.Y.) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Large print books. Psychological fiction. Novels. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookstown Branch | LP FIC Akbar | 31681010356970 | LARGEPT | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a search that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum"-- - Random House, Inc.
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.
âKaveh Akbar is one of my favorite writers. Ever.â âTommy Orange, Pulitzer Prizeânominated author of There There
âThe best novel you'll ever read about the joy of language, addiction, displacement, martyrdom, belonging, homesickness.â âLauren 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 motherâs plane was shot down over the skies of the Persian Gulf in a senseless accident; and his fatherâs 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 pastâtoward 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 Akbarâs Martyr! is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaningâin faith, art, ourselves, others.
