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978-0-316-18331-4. 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. The novel has been published in English, Italian (La donna che mi insegnò il respiro), Norwegian (Begynnelsen på et farvel), Dutch ...
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Life and Letters. An American Writer for an Age of Division. The playwright and novelist Ayad Akhtar has never been afraid of provoking audiences. His latest work explores the origins of...
Between 2006 and 2010 he wrote two plays - "Disgraced," which is being produced in Chicago this month, and "The Invisible Hand," which is being staged in St. Louis in March - and wrote the...
Ayad Akhtar’s acclaimed first novel American Dervish will be adapted for the stage and will have its world premiere at Milwaukee Repertory Theater. The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and ...
Jan 9, 2012 · A stunning debut novel about an extended Sri Lankan family - a kaleidoscopic view of contemporary immigrant life, by turns darkly funny, sad, poignant, and uproariously beautiful. A major literary debut that explores class, culture, power, and desire among the ruling and servant classes of Pakistan.
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Oct 1, 2012 · Ayad Akhtar's novel, American Dervish, begins with a prologue: Hayat, a Pakistani-American college student, is eating his first pork at a basketball game and exulting over his new freedom from the claims of religious faith. The novel then flashes back to Hayat's boyhood, his memories as a 12-year-old, living with his immigrant, but well-off ...
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Jan 28, 2012 · In American Dervish, author Ayad Akhtar, who is also an actor, playwright and screenwriter, has captured a coming-of-age tale from a perspective to which Western readers have too little...
