April 6, 2026

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A novel like a rocket by Akhil Sharma: New Yorker

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Akhil Sharma is the author of “Family Life” and “An Obedient Father.” 

akhil_sharmaAfter writing seven thousand pages over twelve and a half years, I now have a novel, published this week, that is two hundred and twenty-four pages long. When I began working on the book, I knew it was going to be hard—hard for emotional reasons, certainly, but even more for technical ones.

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