American Dervish: A Novel (39 page)
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Authors: Ayad Akhtar
Tags: #Coming of Age, #Cultural Heritage, #Family Life, #Fiction
The verses of the Quran cited in the novel are my own personal interpretations as seen through the eyes of the fictional characters I created. I wish to acknowledge the work of Marmaduke Pickthall, Muhammad Asad, Abdullah Yusuf Ali, and Andre Chouraqui, whose interpretations of the Quran were inspirations.
Finally, I would like to thank my remarkable parents for their endless love and limitless support.
Ayad Akhtar is an actor, playwright, and novelist. He lives in New York City.
Contents
Dedication
Epigraph
Prologue: 1990
1: Mina
2: A Still, Small Voice
3: The Opening
4: A New World
5: Love at First Sight
6: The Dervish
7: Jews and Us
8: Independence Day
9: The Hypocrites
Book Three: Portrait of an Anti-Semite as a Boy
10: The Mosque on Molaskey Hill
11: The Turn
12: Fever Dreams
13: Acts of Faith
14: Sunil the Absurd
15: The Farewell Begins
16: Nikah
17: The Long Unraveling
Epilogue: 1995
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Copyright
The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.
Copyright © 2012 by Ayad Akhtar
Cover design by Julianna Lee, Cover photograph by Marc Yankus. Cover © 2012 Hachette Book Group, Inc.
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ISBN: 978-0-316-19282-8
Table of Contents
Book Three: Portrait of an Anti-Semite as a Boy
