{"product_id":"a-life-of-adventure-and-delight-paperback-by-akhil-sharma","title":"A Life of Adventure and Delight Paperback by Akhil Sharma","description":"\n                                    \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                    \u003cul\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eWW Norton\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2018-08-28)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: English\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: 208\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780393355895\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 167.83 grams\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: 20.88 x 13.97 x 1.35 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Life of Adventure and Delight\u003c\/i\u003e delivers eight masterful stories from dazzlingly original and critically acclaimed author Akhil Sharma.\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHailed as a storyteller whose fiction is “a glowing work of art” (\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e), Akhil Sharma is possessed of a narrative voice “as hypnotic as those found in the pages of Dostoyevsky” (\u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e). In \u003ci\u003eA Life of Adventure and Delight\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 divorcé 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 \u003ci\u003eA Life of Adventure and Delight\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                    \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAkhil Sharma\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of Family Life, a New York Times Best Book of the Year and the winner of the International DUBLIN Literary\u003cbr\u003e\nAward and the Folio Prize. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Best American Short Stories, and O. Henry Award Stories. A native of Delhi, he lives in New York City and teaches English at Rutgers University–Newark.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n                                    ","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44913198923937,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780393355895","price":21.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780393355895.jpg?v=1745871994","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/a-life-of-adventure-and-delight-paperback-by-akhil-sharma","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}