{"product_id":"white-dancing-elephants-paperback-2","title":"White Dancing Elephants - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChaya Bhuvaneswar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest Books of 2018 Kirkus Reviews (debut and short fiction categories)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Best Books of 2018, Entropy Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A Book Club selection for The Wing, Rebel Women's Lit and Bookish.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 35 over 35 Debut Fiction Award\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Finalist for the 2019 PEN American Robert Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Chaya Bhuvaneswar's debut collection maps with great assurance the intricate outer reaches of the human heart. What a bold, smart, exciting new voice, well worth listening to; what an elegant story collection to read and savor.\u003cbr\u003e-Lauren Groff, author of \u003ci\u003eFlorida\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStunning, evocative, electric...an exuberant collection. \u003cbr\u003e-Kirkus Reviews (starred) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA woman grieves a miscarriage, haunted by the Buddha's birth. An artist with schizophrenia tries to survive hatred and indifference in small-town India by turning to the beauty of sculpture and dance. Orphans in India get pulled into a strange \"rescue\" mission aimed at stripping their mysterious powers. A brief but intense affair between two women culminates in regret and betrayal. A boy seeks memories of his sister in the legend of a woman who weds death. And fragments of history, from child brickmakers to slaves in Renaissance Portugal, are held up in brief fictions, burnished, made dazzling and unforgettable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn seventeen remarkable stories, Chaya Bhuvaneswar spotlights diverse women of color--cunning, bold, and resolute--facing sexual harassment and racial violence, and occasionally inflicting that violence on each other. Winner of the 2017 Dzanc Short Story Collection Prize, \u003ci\u003eWhite Dancing Elephants\u003c\/i\u003e marks the emergence of a new and original voice in fiction and explores feminist, queer, religious, and immigrant stories with precision, drama, and compassion.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 09, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47249095393529,"sku":"9781945814617","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/L3dlZkJreUsya3N0TjBicEtMRkRMZz09_47f40984-5407-4669-8726-dbb0d996f823.webp?v=1768641493","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/white-dancing-elephants-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}