Family life
Subtitle: a novel
By: Akhil Sharma
Publisher: Faber & Faber Fiction
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9780571314263; 9780571224531; 9780571314621
Subjects: Emigration and immigration; Fathers and sons; Fiction
Description: Ajay and Birju play cricket in the streets of Delhi, waiting for the day their plane tickets will arrive. Finally joining their father in America, Ajay and Birju enjoy their new, extraordinary life in New York. Then tragedy strikes, leaving one brother incapacitated and the other practically orphaned in this strange land.
Notes: Also issued online.