ISBN: 9781946022387 - an obedient father (mcnally editions) (11 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Ram Karan, a corrupt official in New Delhi, lives with his widowed daughter and his little granddaughter. Bumbling, sad, ironic, Ram is also a man corroded by a terrible secret. Taking the reader down into a world of feuding families and politics, An Obedient Father is a work of rare sensibilities that presents a character as formulated, funny, and morally ambiguous as any of Dostoevsky s antiheroes.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Zustand: New. Condition Notes: New from the publisher.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. revised edition. 267 pages. 8.50x5.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. revised edition. 267 pages. 8.50x5.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Revised and with a foreward by the author 1st printing thus. Pictorial obi- style wrap around jacket.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - "Sharma depicts a country that could have sprung from a mind poised somewhere between Dostoevsky's and Gogol's . . . [An] audacious yet plausible portrayal of a vividly unsympathetic character . . . Sharma's genius in this novel is how he makes the personal and political reflect on each other." Nicholas Lezard, The GuardianAn Obedient Father introduced one of the most admired voices in contemporary fiction. Set in Delhi in the 1990s, it tells the story of an inept bureaucrat enmired in corruption, and of the daughter who alone knows the true depth of his crimes.Decried in India for its frank treatment of child abuse, the novel was widely praised elsewhere for its compassion, and for a plot that mingled the domestic with the political, tragedy with farce. Yet, as Akhil Sharma writes in his foreword to this new edition, he was haunted by what he considered shortcomings within the book: almost twenty years later, he returned to face them. Here is the result, a leaner, surer version with even greater power.…

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorAkhil Sharma grew up in Delhi and in Edison, New Jersey. His first novel, An Obedient Father, won the 2001 PEN/Hemingway Award. His second novel, Family Life, received the International Dubl.