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Gritty tale of corruption, guilt, and redemption.

"An Obedient Father" by Akhil Sharma is a compelling dive into the complexity of human morality. It meshes the chaotic energy of Delhi's slums with the personal struggles of Ram Karan, painting a portrait that is as unsettling as it is truthful. If you appreciate nuanced characters and moral ambiguity reminiscent of Dostoevsky, then the raw and revealing journey of this novel is for you.

  • New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award Nominee (2001)
  • Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction (2001)
  • PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel (2001)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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An Obedient Father

Regular price ₱539.55 Now ₱391.05 Save 28%
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ISBN: 9780571313594
Authors: Akhil Sharma
Date of Publication: 2015-05-07
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Drama, Contemporary, Literary Fiction
Goodreads rating: 3.34
(rated by 1198 readers)

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Ram Karan, a corrupt official in the Delhi school system, lives in one of the city's slums with his widowed daughter and his eight-year-old granddaughter. Bumbling, contradictory, sad, Ram is a man corroded by a guilty secret. An Obedient Father takes the reader to an India that is both far away and real - into the mind of a character as tormented, funny, and ambiguous as one of Dostoevsky's anti-heroes.
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Gritty tale of corruption, guilt, and redemption.

"An Obedient Father" by Akhil Sharma is a compelling dive into the complexity of human morality. It meshes the chaotic energy of Delhi's slums with the personal struggles of Ram Karan, painting a portrait that is as unsettling as it is truthful. If you appreciate nuanced characters and moral ambiguity reminiscent of Dostoevsky, then the raw and revealing journey of this novel is for you.

  • New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award Nominee (2001)
  • Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction (2001)
  • PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel (2001)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.