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A Free Man: A True Story of Life and Death in Delhi: A True Story of Life & Death in Delhi by Sethi, Aman is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Free Man: A True Story of Life and Death in Delhi: A True Story of Life & Death in Delhi about?
"A deeply moving, funny, and brilliantly written account from one of India’s most original new voices." —Katherine Boo Like Dave Eggers’s Zeitoun and Alexander Masters’s Stuart, this is a tour de force of narrative reportage. Mohammed Ashraf studied biology, became a butcher, a tailor, and an electrician’s apprentice; now he is a homeless day laborer in the heart of old Delhi. How did he end up this way? In an astonishing debut, Aman Sethi brings him and his indelible group of friends to life through their adventures and misfortunes in the Old Delhi Railway Station, the harrowing wards of a tuberculosis hospital, an illegal bar made of cardboard and plywood, and into Beggars Court and back onto the streets. In a time of global economic strain, this is an unforgettable evocation of persistence in the face of poverty in one of the world’s largest cities. Sethi recounts Ashraf’s surprising life story with wit, candor, and verve, and A Free Man becomes a moving story of the many ways a man can be free.
Who reads A Free Man: A True Story of Life and Death in Delhi: A True Story of Life & Death in Delhi?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Sethi, Aman
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780393088908
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Social Science, Fiction, Memoir
- Rating
- 3.65 / 5 (567 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14