A Life of Adventure and Delight

Sharma, Akhil

ISBN 10: 0393285340 / ISBN 13: 9780393285345

Published by W W Norton & Co Inc, New York, New York, 2017

About this Item

This copy of "A Life of Adventure and Delight" has been SIGNED by Akhil Sharma on the title page! 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. Elegantly written and emotionally immediate, the stories provide an intimate, honest assessment of human relationships between mothers and wives from a dazzlingly original, critically acclaimed writer.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Life of Adventure and Delight
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, New York, New York
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393285340
• ISBN 13: 9780393285345
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition/First Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Whiting Writers' Award
  • Modern First Editions

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Synopsis

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Review

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.--Yiyun Li, author of Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life

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.--Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer

Those seeking quiet moments of revelation will find them here.

Sharma's sentences are simple, but what they add up to is so curious and complex.--David Sedaris

[E]ight divine stories about all-too-human relationships.

These stories have a psychological acuity that redeems their dark worldview.

[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'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.