Martyr!
(OverDrive Listen)

Book Cover for "Martyr!"
Your Rating: 0 stars
Star rating for
Average user rating: 5 stars
User ratings:
5 star
 
(1)
4 star
 
(0)
3 star
 
(0)
2 star
 
(0)
1 star
 
(0)
Author:
Akbar, Kaveh
Narrator:
Moayed, Arian
Published:
Books on Tape 2024
Format:
OverDrive Listen
Edition:
Unabridged
Status:
Checked Out

Description

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 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 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.
Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr! is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaning—in faith, art, ourselves, others.

Also in This Series

Formats

OverDrive Listen
Sample 
Need Help?
If you are having problem transferring a title to your device, please fill out this support form or visit the library so we can help you to use our eBooks and eAudio Books.

More Like This

Other Editions and Formats

Choose a Format
Checked Out/Available Elsewhere
Available from another library
3 copies, 5 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
6 copies, 14 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
7 copies, 15 people are on the wait list.

Subjects

Subjects
Fiction
Literature
LGBTQIA+ (Fiction)

More Details

Street Date:
01/23/2024
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780593824573

Borrower Reviews

Librarian Reviews

Published Reviews

Reviews from GoodReads

Loading GoodReads Reviews.

Citations

APA Citation (style guide)

Kaveh Akbar. (2024). Martyr! Unabridged Books on Tape.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Kaveh Akbar. 2024. Martyr! Books on Tape.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Kaveh Akbar, Martyr! Books on Tape, 2024.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Kaveh Akbar. Martyr! Unabridged Books on Tape, 2024.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.

Copy Details

LibraryOwnedAvailable
Shared Digital Collection60
East Hampton Public Library00

There are 14 holds on this title.

Staff View

Grouped Work ID:
96b3b36f-ff0c-ba6a-f80d-6d99f60fcb7a
Go To Grouped Work

API Extraction Dates

Needs Update?:
No
Date Added:
Dec 17, 2024 16:48:04
Date Updated:
Jan 26, 2025 22:28:45
Last Metadata Check:
Jul 29, 2025 19:21:19
Last Metadata Change:
Jul 29, 2025 07:45:50
Last Availability Check:
Jul 29, 2025 19:21:23
Last Availability Change:
Jul 29, 2025 19:21:23
Last Grouped Work Modification Time:
Aug 02, 2025 05:05:04

OverDrive Product Record

images
    • cover:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/1191-1/{01BF96F9-787E-4741-90CC-264BEEAFB7A1}IMG100.JPG
        • type: image/jpeg
    • thumbnail:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/1191-1/{01BF96F9-787E-4741-90CC-264BEEAFB7A1}IMG200.JPG
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover150Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/1191-1/{01BF96F9-787E-4741-90CC-264BEEAFB7A1}IMG150.JPG
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover300Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/1191-1/{01BF96F9-787E-4741-90CC-264BEEAFB7A1}IMG400.JPG
        • type: image/jpeg
formats
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9780593824573
      • name: OverDrive Listen
      • id: audiobook-overdrive
edition
Unabridged
mediaType
Audiobook
primaryCreator
    • role: Author
    • name: Kaveh Akbar
isOwnedByCollections
True
title
Martyr!
dateAdded
2024-12-18T02:45:00Z
contentDetails
      • href: https://link.overdrive.com?websiteID=242&titleID=9830593
      • type: text/html
      • account:
          • name: LION: Libraries Online (CT)
          • id: 1354
sortTitle
Martyr
crossRefId
9830593
classifications
    id
    01BF96F9-787E-4741-90CC-264BEEAFB7A1
    starRating
    3.3

    OverDrive MetaData

    isPublicDomain
    False
    formats
        • duration: 10:39:24
        • fileName: Martyr_9780593824573_9830593
        • partCount: 0
        • fileSize: 306914110
        • identifiers:
              • type: ISBN
              • value: 9780593824573
        • name: OverDrive Listen
        • isReadAlong: False
        • id: audiobook-overdrive
        • onSaleDate: 1/23/2024
        • samples:
              • source: From the book
              • formatType: audiobook-overdrive
              • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=01bf96f9-787e-4741-90cc-264beeafb7a1&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
    keywords
        • value: literary fiction
        • value: new york times bestseller
        • value: Fiction
        • value: novels
        • value: Novella
        • value: LGBT
        • value: fiction books
        • value: lgbt fiction
        • value: akbar
        • value: quick reads
        • value: short books
        • value: martyr
        • value: Best books
        • value: Amazon books
        • value: lgbt novels
        • value: kaveh akbar
        • value: long story short
        • value: ny times bestsellers
        • value: sjp
        • value: paperback books
        • value: summer reading list
        • value: martyr a novel by kaveh akbar
        • value: martyr kaveh akbar
        • value: martyr book
        • value: martyr!
        • value: matyr
        • value: the martyr
        • value: book martyr by kaveh akbar
        • value: martyr a novel by kaveh akbar kindle
        • value: martry
        • value: martyr by kaveh akbar
        • value: maryter book
        • value: marytr
        • value: matyr book
    creators
        • role: Author
        • fileAs: Akbar, Kaveh
        • name: Kaveh Akbar
        • role: Narrator
        • fileAs: Moayed, Arian
        • name: Arian Moayed
    publishDate
    2024-01-23T00:00:00Z
    edition
    Unabridged
    isOwnedByCollections
    True
    title
    Martyr!
    fullDescription
    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 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 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.
    Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr! is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaning—in faith, art, ourselves, others.
    popularity
    37391
    links
      • self:
          • href: https://api.overdrive.com/v1/collections/v1L1BPQEAAA20/products/01bf96f9-787e-4741-90cc-264beeafb7a1/metadata
          • type: application/vnd.overdrive.api+json
      • shareInLibby:
          • href: https://link.overdrive.com/share?q=wQCWADHmp90
          • type: text/HTML
    id
    01bf96f9-787e-4741-90cc-264beeafb7a1
    images
      • cover:
          • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/1191-1/{01BF96F9-787E-4741-90CC-264BEEAFB7A1}IMG100.JPG
          • type: image/jpeg
      • thumbnail:
          • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/1191-1/{01BF96F9-787E-4741-90CC-264BEEAFB7A1}IMG200.JPG
          • type: image/jpeg
      • cover150Wide:
          • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/1191-1/{01BF96F9-787E-4741-90CC-264BEEAFB7A1}IMG150.JPG
          • type: image/jpeg
      • cover300Wide:
          • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/1191-1/{01BF96F9-787E-4741-90CC-264BEEAFB7A1}IMG400.JPG
          • type: image/jpeg
    isPublicPerformanceAllowed
    False
    languages
        • code: en
        • name: English
    subjects
        • value: Fiction
        • value: Literature
        • value: LGBTQIA+ (Fiction)
    publishDateText
    01/23/2024
    mediaType
    Audiobook
    shortDescription
    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 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...
    sortTitle
    Martyr
    crossRefId
    9830593
    classifications
      awards
          • source: National Book Foundation
          • value: National Book Award Finalist
          • source: Audio Publishers Association
          • value: Audie Award Nominee
          • source: Notable Books Council
          • value: Notable Books for Adults
          • source: The New York Times
          • value: 10 Best Books of 2024
          • source: OverDrive
          • value: Libby Award Finalist
      publisher
      Books on Tape
      bisacCodes
          • code: FIC019000
          • description: Fiction / Literary
          • code: FIC045000
          • description: Fiction / Family Life / General
          • code: FIC068000
          • description: Fiction / LGBTQ+ / General