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Akhil Sharma

Adele Schiff Professor of the Practice
English

Selected Publications


A Life of Adventure and Delight

Book · July 11, 2017 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. ... Cite

Family Life

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An Obedient Father A Novel

Book · July 6, 2000 An astonishing character study, a portrait of a family--and a country--tormented by the past, Akhil Sharma's An Obedient Father recalls Dostoyevsky's guilt-ridden anti-heroes in this fully formed debut novel. ... Cite

You Are Happy?

Other The New Yorker Cite

The Well

Other The Paris Review Cite

A Mistake

Other The New Yorker Cite

Mother and Son

Other Granta Cite

Surrounded by Sleep

Other The New Yorker Cite

Prosperity

Other The New Yorker Cite

A Heart is Such a Heavy Thing

Other The New Yorker Cite

Cosmopolitan

Other The Atlantic Monthly Cite

The Train

Other Friction Magazine Cite

When You're the Bad Guest

Other New York Times Magazine Cite

A Life of Adventure and Delight

Book · July 11, 2017 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. ... Cite

Family Life

Book · 2014 Cite

An Obedient Father A Novel

Book · July 6, 2000 An astonishing character study, a portrait of a family--and a country--tormented by the past, Akhil Sharma's An Obedient Father recalls Dostoyevsky's guilt-ridden anti-heroes in this fully formed debut novel. ... Cite

You Are Happy?

Other The New Yorker Cite

The Well

Other The Paris Review Cite

A Mistake

Other The New Yorker Cite

Mother and Son

Other Granta Cite

Surrounded by Sleep

Other The New Yorker Cite

Prosperity

Other The New Yorker Cite

A Heart is Such a Heavy Thing

Other The New Yorker Cite

Cosmopolitan

Other The Atlantic Monthly Cite

The Train

Other Friction Magazine Cite

When You're the Bad Guest

Other New York Times Magazine Cite

Postcard from...Easter Island

Other Financial Times Cite

Cowboys of the Wild South

Other Financial Times Cite

Different Strokes

Other Financial Times Cite

Paris by Light

Other Financial Times Cite

Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, book of a lifetime

Other Radar, The Independent Arts Supplement to the Telegraph Cite

The Money Myth

Other The Financial Times Weekend Magazine Cite

Chased Away

Other The New Yorker Cite

Inner Peace Cont'd review of Siddhartha

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To Say, I'm Sorry

Other Elle UK Cite

A Novel Like a Rocket

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The Trick of Life

Other The New York times magazine Cite

Butter

Other The New Yorker Cite

Turkey's New Luxury Tourism

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Akhil Sharma Reflects on Trieste

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Paris Enchants in Winter

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A Fragile Island Eden

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British Himalaya

Other L' Espresso Cite

Plying the Waters of Yangtze

Other Financial Times Cite

Walk on the Wild Side

Other Best Life Cite

A Visit to an Old Greek Canal

Other Financial Times Cite

The Escape Route

Other Best Life Cite