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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 · Ayad Akhtar is a playwright, novelist, the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is the author of American Dervish (Little, Brown & Co.), published in over 20 languages and named a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2012.
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- Ayad Akhtar
In 2012, Ayad Akhtar wrote the novel American Dervish, a coming-of-age story about a Pakistani-American boy in 1980s Milwaukee. Akhtar, a Pakistani-American writer and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, explores love of God and love of others through the prisms of religion, family, and romantic love in this novel.
Jan 9, 2012 · 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...
- 0316192821, 9780316192828
- Ayad Akhtar
- Little, Brown, 2012
American Dervish is a 2012 novel about Hayat Shah, a Pakistani American boy growing up in Wisconsin in the 1980s. When Hayat’s mother’s best friend, Mina, comes to live with the secular Shah...
A debut novel about an American Muslim family struggling with faith and belonging in the pre-9/11 world. Author Ayad Akhtar chose well when he decided to title his captivating debut novel American Dervish. Linking culture and custom, Akhtar draws on the traditional definition of the Muslim dervish - a Muslim noted for devotional exercises ...
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
