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02136aam a22003498i 4500 001 988C07D8DE6411E8A1A4695297128E48 003 SILO 005 20181102010026 008 180227s2018 miu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2018005798 020 $a 1945814616 020 $a 9781945814617 035 $a (OCoLC)1022991696 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d ORX $d OCLCF $d JTH $d T3B $d JAI $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-ii--- 050 00 $a PS3602.H54 $b A6 2018 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Bhuvaneswar, Chaya, $d 1971- $e author. 240 10 $a Short stories. $k Selections 245 10 $a White dancing elephants : $b stories / $c Chaya Bhuvaneswar. 250 $a First U.S. edition. 264 1 $a Ann Arbor, MI : $b Dzanc Books, $c 2018. 300 $a 205 pages ; $c 22 cm 520 $a A 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. In sixteen 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. 505 00 $t Adristakama. $t The story of the woman who fell in love with death -- $t Talinda -- $t A Shaker chair -- $t Jagatishwaran -- $t The bang bang -- $t Orange popsicles -- $t Neela: Bhopal, 1984 -- $t Chronicle of a marriage, foretold -- $t Heitor -- $t Newberry -- $t Asha in Allston -- $t The life you save isn't your own -- $t The orphan handler -- $t In Allegheny -- $t The goddess of beauty goes bowling -- $t Adristakama. 651 0 $a India $v Fiction. 651 0 $a India $y 21st century $v Fiction. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190305055524.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=988C07D8DE6411E8A1A4695297128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search