{"product_id":"a-life-of-adventure-and-akhil-sharma-9780393355895","title":"A Life of Adventure and Delight","description":"Hailed as a storyteller whose fiction is \"a glowing work of art\" (\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e), Akhil Sharma is possessed of a narrative voice \"as hypnotic as those found in the pages of Dostoyevsky\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e). In \u003cem\u003eA Life of Adventure and Delight\u003c\/em\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 \u003cem\u003eA Life of Adventure and Delight\u003c\/em\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Akhil Sharma\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393355896\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393355895\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/28\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.60w x 0.60d","brand":"Akhil Sharma","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045634797823,"sku":"9780393355895","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_84c4f9bd-30ea-48ae-9e9f-04162f22bc50.jpg?v=1684979846","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-life-of-adventure-and-akhil-sharma-9780393355895","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}