The instant New York Times besteller: a young man uncovers the truth behind his mother's death in this transcendental debut that takes the reader from New York to Tehran and heralds the arrival of a blazing and essential new voice.

''I will carry this story, and the people in it, with me for the rest of my life'' JOHN GREEN, author of The Fault in Our Stars AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024 A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST 2024 A BARNES & NOBLE DISCOVER PRIZE FINALIST SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD 2024 NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2024 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES , AMAZON, TIME AND SARAH JESSICA PARKER ON BARACK OBAMA''S SUMMER READING LIST 2024 ''Smart, dazzling, different . . . This book is thrilling.'' Ann Patchett, author of Tom Lake ''An absolute jewel of a novel'' Tommy Orange, author of Wandering Stars ''A kaleidoscopic debut'' Guardian Cyrus Shams has always been lost. He''s grown up tangled in the mysteries of his past - an uncle who rode through Iranian battlefields, a haunting work of art by an exiled painter, and his mother, whose plane was shot down over the Persian Gulf when he was just a baby. Now, newly sober and maybe in love, he''s headed for an encounter that will transform everything he thought he knew. Can a final revelation change the truth of Cyrus''s life? Electrifying, funny, and all-consuming, Kaveh Akbar''s Martyr! is a masterpiece. * Martyr! was an instant New York Times bestseller w/c 27/1/24

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Kaveh Akbar has been awarded multiple Pushcart Prizes for his poetry, and his collection Pilgrim Bell was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Poetry. He is a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship, and his work has been featured in The New Yorker and The Paris Review, on BBC Radio 4's Start the Week and Front Row, on The New Yorker Radio Hour, and in The Kindergarten Teacher starring Maggie Gyllenhaal. His debut novel, Martyr!, was a New York Times bestseller and a most anticipated book in 2024 for TIME, NYLON, Oprah Daily and Marie Claire. Born in Tehran, he lives in Iowa.

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A young man uncovers the truth behind his mother's death in this haunting debut that takes you from New York to Tehran.

'Profoundly moving' Elif Shafak
**'Dazzling'** Ann Patchett
**'Gorgeous'** Tommy Orange
**'Radiant'** Lauren Groff
**'Stunning'** John Green
**'Miraculous'** The New York Times
**'Sensational'** Daily Mail
**'Kaleidoscopic'** The Guardian

Cyrus Shams has always been lost. He's grown up tangled in the mysteries of his past - an uncle who rode through Iranian battlefields, a haunting work of art by an exiled painter, and his mother, whose plane was shot down over the Persian Gulf when he was just a baby.

Now, newly sober and maybe in love, he's headed for an encounter that will transform everything he thought he knew. Can a final revelation change the truth of Cyrus's life?

Electrifying and funny, Kaveh Akbar's Martyr! is an all-consuming debut.

An instant New York Times Bestseller
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Prize
Book of the Year in The Observer, The New York Times, and The New Yorker
A National Book Award Finalist

** Martyr! *was an instant New York Times bestseller w/c 27/1/24

Zusammenfassung
The instant New York Times bestseller: a young man uncovers the truth behind his mother's death in this transcendental debut that takes the reader from New York to Tehran.