American Dervish by Ayad Akhtar audiobook

American Dervish: A Novel

By Ayad Akhtar
Read by Ayad Akhtar

Little, Brown & Company 9780316183314
9.46 Hours • Unabridged
Format : Digital Download (In Stock)
  • 1 Format: Digital Download
  • $27.99
    or 1 Credit

    ISBN: 9781611135398

From Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar, a stirring and explosive debut 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. His normal life of school, baseball, and video games had previously been distinguished only by his Pakistani heritage and by the frequent chill between his parents, who fight over things he is too young to understand. Then Mina arrives, and everything changes. American Dervish is a brilliantly written, nuanced, and emotionally forceful look inside the interplay of religion and modern life.

Learn More
Membership Details
  • Only $12.99/month gets you 1 Credit/month
  • Cancel anytime
  • Hate a book? Then we do too, and we'll exchange it.
See how it works in 15 seconds

Summary

Summary

A 2013 Audie Award Finalist for Best Narration by the Author

One of the 2012 Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books for Fiction

Selected for the January 2012 Indie Next List

Nominated for the Barnes & Noble Discover Award

From Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar, a stirring and explosive debut 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. His normal life of school, baseball, and video games had previously been distinguished only by his Pakistani heritage and by the frequent chill between his parents, who fight over things he is too young to understand. Then Mina arrives, and everything changes.

American Dervish is a brilliantly written, nuanced, and emotionally forceful look inside the interplay of religion and modern life.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“What a pleasure to encounter a first novel as self-assured and effortlessly told as Ayad Akhtar’s American Dervish…An immensely entertaining coming-of-age story…What distinguishes Mr. Akhtar’s novel is its generosity and its willingness to embrace the contradictions of its memorably idiosyncratic characters and the society they inhabit…[A] charming debut.” —New York Times 
“[A] quintessentially American coming-of-age story…Akhtar’s poignant and wise debut announces the arrival of a generous new voice in American fiction.” —Washington Post

Reviews

Reviews

Be the first to review this product

Author

Author Bio: Ayad Akhtar

Author Bio: Ayad Akhtar

Ayad Akhtar is a playwright and novelist. He was named the New York State Author by the New York State Writers Institute. He has won the Pulitzer Prize for drama and an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His American Dervish was named a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2012. As a playwright, he has written numerous award-winning works.

Titles by Author

See All

Details

Details

Available Formats : Digital Download
Runtime: 9.46
Audience: Adult
Language: English

We love books, and we believe that you should be able to enjoy your favorite book whenever, wherever, or whatever you are doing. Audiobooks allow that freedom.

©2025 Urban Audio Books . All rights reserved. Privacy Terms of Use Purchase Terms Cookie Policy ©2025 Urban Audio Books . All rights reserved.