{"product_id":"white-dancing-elephants-9781945814617","title":"White Dancing Elephants","description":"\u003cb\u003eBest Books of 2018 Kirkus Reviews (debut and short fiction categories)\u003c\/b\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\u003e\"Stunning, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dzanc Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/09\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781945814617\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2018 pg. 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/20\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews Fall Preview\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2018 pg. 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/26\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2018 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2018 pg. 56\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Chaya Bhuvaneswar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36672163381404,"sku":"9781945814617","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_7f15348d-beab-4232-973a-8a4d5f2f84c7.jpg?v=1603927101","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/white-dancing-elephants-9781945814617","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}