{"product_id":"martyr-kaveh-akbar","title":"Martyr!","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKaveh Akbar · Picador India · Paperback\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA New York Times and TIME Best Book of the Year · On Barack Obama's Reading List 2024\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCyrus Shams is lost.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis mother was killed when her plane was senselessly shot down over the Persian Gulf while he was still a baby, and Cyrus has been wrestling with her death ever since. Now newly sober, he sets out to discover the truth about her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA meeting with a dying artist draws him towards the mysteries of his past — an uncle who rode across Iranian battlefields dressed as the Angel of Death, a haunting painting by an exiled artist — and back into the story of a mother who may not have been who, or what, she seemed. As Cyrus pieces together meaning from the scattered clues of his life, one final revelation changes everything he thought he knew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElectrifying, funny, wholly original and profound, \u003cem\u003eMartyr!\u003c\/em\u003e announces a blazing and essential new voice in contemporary fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Both a riveting character study and piercing family saga … nothing short of miraculous' — \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Almost violently artful … in command of a dazzling spectrum of frequencies from comedic to tragic' — \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A literary gem' — \u003cem\u003eObserver\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Elegant, dizzying, playful' — Lauren Groff\u003cbr\u003e'I haven't loved a book this much in years' — Tommy Orange\u003cbr\u003e'I kept forgetting to breathe' — John Green\u003cbr\u003e'Dazzling … among the best novels to have come out this year' — \u003cem\u003eNew Indian Express\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'If you are lost, this book might save you' — \u003cem\u003eThe Hindu\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKaveh Akbar is an Iranian-American poet and novelist. \u003cem\u003eMartyr!\u003c\/em\u003e is his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePicador India (Pan Macmillan India) paperback · ISBN 9789361130649\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNote: Deals with grief, addiction and recovery, and death.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador India","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52810191143128,"sku":"9789361130649","price":399.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0818\/1471\/6632\/files\/9789361130649.jpg?v=1793024605","url":"https:\/\/www.readersparadise.co\/products\/martyr-kaveh-akbar","provider":"Readers Paradise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}