{"product_id":"white-dancing-elephants-9781945814617","title":"White Dancing Elephants","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Chaya Bhuvaneswar\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Ingram USA\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Dzanc Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Short Stories (Single 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\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.","brand":"Ingram USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47862968385687,"sku":"9781945814617","price":1499.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781945814617.webp?v=1780477210","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/white-dancing-elephants-9781945814617","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}