{"product_id":"9781945814617-white-dancing-elephants","title":"White Dancing Elephants","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest Books of 2018 Kirkus Reviews (debut and short fiction categories)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest Books of 2018, Entropy Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Book  Club selection for The Wing, Rebel Women's Lit and Bookish.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e35 over 35 Debut Fiction Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2019 PEN American Robert Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Stunning, evocative, electric.an exuberant collection.\" \u003cbr\u003e-Kirkus Reviews (starred)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55418496123254,"sku":"9781945814617","price":14.83,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28282176.jpg?v=1742861367","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781945814617-white-dancing-elephants","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}