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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><em>A Life of Adventure and Delight</em> delivers eight masterful stories from dazzlingly original and critically acclaimed author Akhil Sharma.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Hailed as a storyteller whose fiction is "a glowing work of art" (<em>Wall Street Journal</em>), Akhil Sharma is possessed of a narrative voice "as hypnotic as those found in the pages of Dostoyevsky" (<em>The Nation</em>). In <em>A Life of Adventure and Delight</em>, 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.</p><p>Tender and darkly comic, the protagonists in <em>A Life of Adventure and Delight</em> 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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A melancholy and at turns tender exploration of the human psyche at its most vulnerable.-- "Angel City Review"<br><br>Akhil Sharma's deceptively simple diction has a way of cutting straight to the human bone. The stories in <em>A Life of Adventure and Delight</em> are revelations, every one.--Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls and Everybody's Fool<br><br>Focusing exclusively on Indian characters, both in Delhi and in the New York metropolitan area, [Sharma] brings a keen cultural awareness to each of these stories.... [<em>A Life of Adventure and Delight</em> is] perceptive, humane, and pointed.-- "New York Times Book Review"<br><br>If you love short story collections, this one's for you.... 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.-- "HelloGiggles"<br><br>The stories in Akhil Sharma's <em>A Life of Adventure and Delight</em> sweep across the page like monsoons--filled with energy, chaos, surprise, and rapture, they ravish and transform the very nature of reading.--Adam Johnson, National Book Award-winning author of Fortune Smiles<br><br>These stories have a psychological acuity that redeems their dark worldview.-- "Kirkus Reviews"<br><br>Those seeking quiet moments of revelation will find them here.-- "Publishers Weekly"<br><br>[Sharma's] stories are beautiful, deceptively simple, and potentially dangerous.--Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer<br><br>Readers wade into these stories as though stepping into a calm river only to be caught by an 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 Gold Boy, Emerald Girl and The Vagrants<br><br>What an exciting and original writer this is, and what a knock-out collection.--David Sedaris, best-selling author of Naked<br>

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