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A Life of Adventure and Delight by Akhil Sharma (2017, Hardcover)
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- Type
- Short Stories
- Book Series
- Life Of Adventure
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Original Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Intended Audience
- Adults, Young Adults
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780393285345
- Book Title
- Life of Adventure and Delight
- Item Length
- 8.6 in
- Publisher
- Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Short Stories (Single Author), Literary
- Item Width
- 5.9 in
- Item Weight
- 11.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 208 Pages
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Hailed as a storyteller whose fiction is "a glowing work of art" ( Wall Street Journal ), Akhil Sharma is possessed of a narrative voice "as hypnotic as those found in the pages of Dostoyevsky" ( The Nation ). In A Life of Adventure and Delight , Sharma delivers eight masterful stories that focus on Indian protagonists at home and abroad and that plunge the reader into the unpredictable workings of the human heart. A young woman in an arranged marriage awakens one day surprised to find herself in love with her husband. A retired divorc tries to become the perfect partner by reading women's magazines. A man's longstanding contempt for his cousin suddenly shifts inward when he witnesses his cousin caring for a sick woman. Tender and darkly comic, the protagonists in A Life of Adventure and Delight deceive themselves and engage in odd behaviors as they navigate how to be good, how to make meaningful relationships, and the strengths and pitfalls of self-interest. Elegantly written and emotionally immediate, the stories provide an intimate, honest assessment of human relationships between mothers and sons, sons and lovers, and husband and wives from a dazzlingly original, critically acclaimed writer.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
0393285340
ISBN-13
9780393285345
eBay Product ID (ePID)
235641746
Product Key Features
Book Title
Life of Adventure and Delight
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Short Stories (Single Author), Literary
Publication Year
2017
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.6 in
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Width
5.9 in
Item Weight
11.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Ps3569.H34287a6 2017
Reviews
Akhil Sharma's deceptively simple diction has a way of cutting straight to the human bone. The stories in A Life of Adventure and Delight are revelations, every one., Readers wade into these stories as though stepping into a calm river only to be caught by the undercurrent of the most devastating kind--the demand of everyday existence. Akhil Sharma's words touch the deep experience that often remains wordless. He is truly the Chekhov of our time., One reads Akhil Sharma's stories as one might watch waves approach the shore on which one stands, understanding that something unseen and powerful is driving them. The waves and the stories are beautiful, deceptively simple, and potentially dangerous., Akhil Sharma keeps getting better. A Life of Adventure and Delight puts him in the rarest company: Chekhov company. Trevor company. I can't think of many others. These stories are as clear as truth., There's a great duality to these stories: simple, but complex, funny enough to laugh out loud at, but emotionally devastating, foreign, yet familiar. What an exciting and original writer this is, and what a knock-out collection. , Akhil Sharma''s deceptively simple diction has a way of cutting straight to the human bone. The stories in A Life of Adventure and Delight are revelations, every one., If you love short story collections, this one's for you. A Life of Adventure and Delight offers a window into the Indian experience both in America and abroad. Author Akhil Sharma's characters aren't perfect -- they wrestle with belonging, tradition, and temptation -- but they're heartbreakingly real and relatable, even at their worst., The stories in Akhil Sharma's A Life of Adventure and Delight sweep across the page like monsoons--filled with energy, chaos, surprise, and rapture, they ravish and transform the very nature of reading., Akhil Sharma keeps getting better. A Life of Adventure and Delight puts him in the rarest company: Chekhov company. Trevor company. I cannot think of many others. These stories are as clear as truth., [H]aunting, revelatory stories. . . . Sharma is boldly forthright and probing. Focusing exclusively on Indian characters, both in Delhi and in the New York metropolitan area, he brings a keen cultural awareness to each of these stories. . . . perceptive, humane, and pointed., If you love short story collections, this one'sfor you. . . . Sharma's characters aren'tperfect -- they wrestle with belonging, tradition, and temptation -- but they'reheartbreakingly real and relatable., The stories in Akhil Sharma's A Life of Adventure and Delight; sweep across the page like monsoons--filled with energy, chaos, surprise, and rapture, they ravish and transform the very nature of reading.
Copyright Date
2017
Lccn
2017-015695
Dewey Decimal
813.6
Dewey Edition
23
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