词条 | Family Life (novel) |
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| italic title = | name = Family Life | image = File:Family Life - Akhil Sharma.jpg | image_size = | caption = US hardback edition | author = Akhil Sharma | country = United States | language = English | genre = Autobiographical novel | publisher = W. W. Norton & Company | pub_date = April 7, 2014 | media_type = Print (hardback and paperback) Digital (ebook) | pages = 224 (US hardback edition) | awards = Folio Prize (2015) International Dublin Literary Award (2016) | isbn = 978-0-393-06005-8 }}Family Life is a 2014 autobiographical novel by Akhil Sharma. Set in 1978, it tells the coming-of-age story of an eight-year old Indian boy named Ajay Mishra living with his recently immigrated family in New York City. The story develops around his older brother Birju, who suffers a life-changing accident, and how the family copes with the incident.[1][2][3] This was Sharma's second published novel. It won the 2015 Folio Prize and the 2016 International Dublin Literary Award.[4][5] References1. ^{{cite news|last1=Deraniyagala|first1=Sonali|title=Akhil Sharma’s ‘Family Life’|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/06/books/review/akhil-sharmas-family-life.html?_r=1|accessdate=15 June 2016|work=The New York Times|date=3 April 2014}} {{s-start}}{{s-ach|aw}}{{succession box|title=International Dublin Literary Award recipient|before=Harvest|after=A General Theory of Oblivion|years=2016}}{{s-end}}{{2010s-bildungsroman-stub}}2. ^{{cite news|last1=Wolitzer|first1=Meg|title=After A Disaster In 'Family Life,' Relief Never Comes|url=https://www.npr.org/2014/04/10/301417440/after-a-disaster-in-family-life-relief-never-comes|accessdate=15 June 2016|publisher=National Public Radio|date=10 April 2014}} 3. ^{{cite news|last1=Gunn|first1=Kirsty|title=Family Life by Akhil Sharma review – an unhappy emigration|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/may/10/family-life-akhil-sharma-review-novel|accessdate=15 June 2016|work=The Guardian|date=10 May 2014}} 4. ^Mark Brown (23 March 2015), [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/23/akhil-sharma-wins-folio-prize-fiction-family-life Akhil Sharma wins Folio prize for fiction]. The Guardian. Retrieved 11 June 2016. 5. ^{{cite news|title=Akhil Sharma's Family Life wins International Dublin Literary Award|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36491013|accessdate=11 June 2016|publisher=BBC News}} 2 : 2014 novels|Bildungsromans |
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