{"product_id":"a-life-of-adventure-and-delight-paperback","title":"A Life of Adventure and Delight - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAkhil Sharma\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHailed 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 divorce 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTender 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.3 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 28, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762100142368,"sku":"9780393355895","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/658d0932feefb4a7fb8574fce596a03e.webp?v=1780217298","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-life-of-adventure-and-delight-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}