Short Read Book Discussion: "Martyr" By Kaveh Akbar

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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. Materials provided for the book discussion can be obtained in two ways: 1. By placing a hold on the item with your library card, then obtaining the item from one of our locations, 2. Or electronically from Simplye, Overdrive or CloudLibrary. A link to the title can also be emailed to participants. If you have any issues downloading the book, please see visit our ebooks site: ebooks.nypl.org for information on how to download ebooks from our collection. No Registration Required. [[{"fid":"397085","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","alignment":"","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":false,"field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":false},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"58":{"format":"default","alignment":"","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":false,"field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":false}},"attributes":{"height":232,"width":161,"class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"58"}}]]

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