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Akbar, Kaveh - Martyr!Title: Martyr! Author: Kaveh Akbar Genre: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Contemporary Pages: 352 Publisher: Picador Release Date: February 6, 2025 Synopsis: Cyrus Shams is a young man grappling with an inheritance of violence and loss: his mothers plane was shot down over the skies of Tehran in a senseless accident; and his fathers life in America was circumscribed by his work killing chickens at a factory farm in the Midwest. Cyrus is a drunk, an addict,
Title: Martyr!
Author: Kaveh Akbar
Genre: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Contemporary
Pages: 352
Publisher: Picador
Release Date: February 6, 2025
Synopsis:
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 Tehran 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.
Blurb:
A powerful and moving debut novel about faith, art, family, and the search for meaning in a world that often feels broken.
LGBT Themes:
- Sapphic and Achillean themes: The novel explores themes of queer desire and identity, particularly focusing on male same-sex attraction (Achillean) within the context of Cyrus's journey of self-discovery.
Relevant Tags:
Iranian American literature, immigrant literature, coming-of-age, grief, loss, family, faith, identity, contemporary fiction, literary fiction, Kaveh Akbar, debut novel, alcoholism, addiction, queer literature, male same-sex attraction, Achillean, Sapphic themes
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