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American Dervish is a 2012 novel by Ayad Akhtar. The novel tells the story of a young Pakistani-American boy growing up in the American Midwest and his struggle with his identity and religion.
- Ayad Akhtar
- 2012
Oct 1, 2012 · "American Dervish" is a coming-of-age story for a young Pakistani-American boy, Hayat. The main story is in the relationship of him between his Aunt Mina, how her residing with his family affects their life, and how Hayat's love for her grows into a dedication to the Muslim faith.
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- Hardcover
- Ayad Akhtar
Hayat Shah, an impressionable adolescent and the only child of a well-to-do, secular family, finds his comfortable existence upended by the arrival of his mother’s childhood friend Mina Ali and...
From the author of Homeland Elegies and Pulitzer Prize winner Disgraced, a stirring and explosive novel about an American Muslim family in Wisconsin struggling with faith and belonging in the pre-9/11 world. Hayat Shah is a young American in love for the first time.
- Ayad Akhtar
- Paperback
Sep 4, 2012 · Ayad Akhtar's explorations into the tension between the universal truths of religion and literal readings of its documents plays out effectively in AMERICAN DERVISH,his debut novel. Already a master of scene and dialogue, and evocative prose, he's created a compelling and visceral story.
- Ayad Akhtar
- $15.89
- Back Bay Books
Dragged down by fate & circumstance, she ultimately becomes the eponymous 'American Dervish', whose suffering and pain brings her closer to Allah - and where it should be perhaps remembered that `sufism' (mysticism) emerged as a reaction to the more austere teaching of Islam.
- Ayad Akhtar
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“…self-assured and effortlessly told.” — The New York Times. A Kirkus Reviews and O Magazine Best Book of 2012. A stirring and explosive debut novel about an American Muslim family in Wisconsin struggling with faith and belonging in the pre-9/11 world. BUY THE BOOK. Amazon. Apple Books. Indiebound. Powell’s. American Dervish.
