Martyr!
(Large Print)
Author:
Published:
New York : Random House Large Print, [2024].
Format:
Large Print
Edition:
First large print edition.
Physical Desc:
446 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Status:
Description
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.
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Location
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Status
New London Adult Large Print
LP FIC AKBAR
On Shelf
Old Saybrook/Acton Adult Fiction Large Print
LTE F AKBAR
On Shelf
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Language:
Unknown
ISBN:
9780593862759, 0593862759
Notes
Description
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.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Akbar, K. (2024). Martyr! First large print edition. Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Akbar, Kaveh. 2024. Martyr! Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Akbar, Kaveh, Martyr! Random House Large Print, 2024.
MLA Citation (style guide)Akbar, Kaveh. Martyr! First large print edition. Random House Large Print, 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.
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