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TISDAGSKLUBBEN: Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar18.11.2025 / 18.30
Claesgatan 8
About the book:
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.
Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr! is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaning—in faith, art, ourselves, others.
About Tisdagsklubben:
One Tuesday a month PAGE 28 is inviting you to Malmö’s queer book club, without pretension and pressure! It’s called Tisdagsklubben which means the Tuesday Club. On this evening, our bookstore will be transformed into a literary saloon where everyone who’s interested is welcome to come and discuss a chosen queer book. The discussion will be led by Emelie, Ida and Patrycja from PAGE 28, and our ambition is to create an open minded and allowing atmosphere.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Claesgatan 8, 214 26 Malmö, Sweden, Claesgatan 8, SE-214 26 Malmö, Sverige, Malmö, Sweden
Concerts, fests, parties, meetups - all the happenings, one place.
