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Martyr! Kaveh Akbar
Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar
Cyrus Shams is lost. The orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, Cyrus never knew his mother. Killed when her plane was shot down over the Persian Gulf in a senseless accident, Cyrus has spent his life grappling with the meaningless nature of his mother's death. Now he is set to learn the truth of her life. When Cyrus's obsession with the lives of the martyrs - Bobby Sands, Joan of Arc - leads him to a chance encounter with a dying artist, he finds himself drawn towards the mysteries of his past: an uncle who rode through Iranian battlefields dressed as the Angel of Death; and toward his mother, who may not have been who or what she seemed. As Cyrus searches for meaning in the scattered clues of his life, a final revelation transforms everything he thought he knew. Electrifying, funny, wholly original, and profound, Martyr! heralds the arrival of a blazing and essential new voice in contemporary fiction.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | January 18, 2024 |
| ISBN13 | 9781035026074 |
| Publishers | Pan Macmillan |
| Pages | 352 |
| Dimensions | 155 × 235 × 27 mm · 442 g |
| Language | English |
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