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Sep 14, 2020 · The narrator's name in the novel is also Ayad Akhtar, and the book reads like memoir. Akhtar says he had to "pilfer" from his own life to write a novel that had the "addictive thrill" of reality...
- Noel King
Sep 14, 2020 · The novel, which turns on Akhtar’s sense of alienation as a Muslim man in the United States after September 11th, leans into provocation: we see the narrator fucking a white woman in an...
- Alexandra Schwartz
Apr 29, 2013 · A play that tackles Islamophobia and questions of Muslim-American identity recently won the Pulitzer Prize for drama. The play is Disgraced, by first-time playwright Ayad Akhtar.
Jan 6, 2021 · Akhtar’s narrator says that reading The Satanic Verses gives him a literary and “potent form of self-recognition” that he hadn’t before experienced on the page.
Mar 1, 2017 · A play written by a Muslim American playwright of Pakistani heritage will receive more productions nationwide than any other play. In fact, Ayad Akhtar’s Disgraced is the first play ever to feature a Muslim protagonist (apostate or otherwise) to have garnered this level of attention and acclaim.
Discussion of themes and motifs in Ayad Akhtar's Disgraced. eNotes critical analyses help you gain a deeper understanding of Disgraced so you can excel on your essay or test.
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Akhtar’s writing and stagecraft were widely praised by critics, with both Charles Isherwood of the New York Times and David Rooney of the Hollywood Reporter including it among their selections...
