Isbn: 9780593862759 - martyr!: a novel (8 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: acceptable. This copy has clearly been enjoyedâ"expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. large print edition. 460 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. 2024. Large type / Large print. paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. large print edition. 460 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. large print edition. 460 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 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 Prizenominated 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 FuriesCyrus 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 pasttoward 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 meaningin faith, art, ourselves, others.…

Zustand: New. KAVEH AKBAR&rsquos poems appear in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Paris Review, Best American Poetry, and elsewhere. He is the author of two poetry collections: Pilgrim Bell and Calling a Wolf a Wolf, in addition to a chapbook.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Martyr! | A novel | Kaveh Akbar | Taschenbuch | Diversified Publishing | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 2024 | Random House | EAN 9780593862759 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu. …