{"product_id":"martyr-a-novel","title":"Martyr!:  A Novel","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"contributors___d5659\"\u003eKaveh Akbar\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex dir-col\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"min-width-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"dotDot\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eBACKLIST \u003c\/b\u003e| Dec 31, 2024 | On Sale Date: Dec 31, 2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"dotDot\"\u003eTrade Paperback\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"MuiList-root MuiList-padding css-1wduhak\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MuiListItem-root MuiListItem-gutters MuiListItem-padding css-146xefr\"\u003eFiction \/ Literary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MuiListItem-root MuiListItem-gutters MuiListItem-padding css-146xefr\"\u003eFiction \/ Family Life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MuiListItem-root MuiListItem-gutters MuiListItem-padding css-146xefr\"\u003eFiction \/ LGBTQ+\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"related-products-container\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e352\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epages\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"biblioTwoItemContainer___QeMy0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"dotDot\"\u003e20.3 cm H | 13.1 cm W | 1.8 cm T | 243.6 g Wt\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"dotDot\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"dotDot\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBESTSELLER • SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • ONE OF\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e•\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eA\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMUST-READ BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e•\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eA 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\u003ci\u003e, Martyr!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eheralds the arrival of an essential new voice in contemporary fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Kaveh Akbar is one of my favorite writers. Ever.” —Tommy Orange, Pulitzer Prize–nominated author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere There\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The best novel you'll ever read about the joy of language, addiction, displacement, martyrdom, belonging, homesickness.” —Lauren Groff, best-selling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatrix\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFates and Furies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCyrus 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKaveh Akbar’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartyr!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaning—in faith, art, ourselves, others.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":52883830505769,"sku":"9780593685778","price":390.0,"currency_code":"MXN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/9420\/7529\/files\/9780593685778_561e6.jpg?v=1774550934","url":"https:\/\/www.bookup.com.mx\/products\/martyr-a-novel","provider":"BOOKUPMX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}