Kaveh Akbar

Martyr

Notify me when the book’s added
To read this book, upload an EPUB or FB2 file to Bookmate. How do I upload a book?
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK • The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • 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 Prize–nominated 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 Furies

Cyrus Shams is a young man grappling with an inheritance of violence and loss: his mother’s plane was shot…
This book is currently unavailable
310 printed pages
Have you already read it? How did you like it?
👍👎

Impressions

  • Naidashared an impression2 months ago
    👍Worth reading

Quotes

  • Naidahas quoted2 months ago
    Being awake was a kind of poison, and dream was the only antidote.
  • ♡emma♡has quoted7 months ago
    One thing happens, then the next. For a long, long time
  • ♡emma♡has quoted7 months ago
    I belong here. But not him, this boy, not his cathedral hands.

On the bookshelves

fb2epub
Drag & drop your files (not more than 5 at once)