Publisher Description
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 long-standing contempt for his cousin suddenly shifts inward when he witnesses his cousin caring for a sick woman. The protagonists in A Life of Adventure and Delight 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 and profound assessment of human relationships between mothers and sons, sons and lovers, and husband and wives.
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About Akhil Sharma
Akhil
Sharma, author and narrator, was born in Delhi, India, and moved to the United States, where he attended
Princeton and Harvard Law School. After graduation in 1992, he spent a year as
a Wallace Stegner fellow in fiction at Stanford. His novel, An Obedient Father, won the 2001 PEN/Hemingway
Award and the Whiting Writers’ Award. His short stories have been published in
the New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, and The Best
American Short Stories. His short story “Cosmopolitan” was anthologized in The Best American Short Stories 1998 and
in 2003 was made into an acclaimed film of the same name. He has also worked as
a screenwriter for television and film, and his book narrations include David Sedaris' Children Playing before a Statue of Hercules. He works as an investment banker in
New York.
About the Narrators
Neil Shah is an Audie-nominated narrator and winner of multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards who has recorded over 150 audiobooks. AudioFile magazine has commended him for “an absolutely mesmerizing listening experience” and as “an outstanding narrator who adds a healthy dose of personality to each of the characters.” As a classically trained actor with an MFA from the Old Globe/University of San Diego, he has appeared off Broadway and on regional stages, as well as in film and television. He records from his home studio in Portland, Oregon.
Deepti Gupta, fluent in Hindi, Urdu, and English, has an international career spread across India, Singapore, Pakistan, and the United States. As a narrator she brings an open and curious perspective to the author’s work. As an actress she has earned praise from the New York Times for her performance in the feature film Walkaway and also stars in Record/Play (a sci-fi love story) which was an official selection at Sundance 2013.