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02491aam a22003618i 4500 001 E61BE46830F911EEB9FFDC383BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230802010025 008 230209s2023 nyu e 000 1 eng 010 $a 2022054326 020 $a 1250867053 020 $a 9781250867056 035 $a (OCoLC)1340645996 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d GK8 $d RNL $d FFL $d VP@ $d SILO 043 $a a-ii--- 100 1 $a Akella, Shastri, $e author. 245 14 $a The sea elephants / $c Shastri Akella. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Flatiron Books, $c 2023. 300 $a 377 pages ; $c 25 cm. 520 $a "For fans of Shuggie Bain and A Burning, a queer coming-of-age novel set in 1990s India, about a young man who joins a traveling theater troupe Shagun knows he will never be the kind of son his father demands. After the sudden deaths of his beloved twin sisters, Shagun flees his own guilt, his mother's grief, and his father's violent disapproval by enrolling at an all-boys boarding school. But he doesn't find true belonging until he encounters a traveling theater troupe performing the Hindu myths of his childhood. Welcomed by the other storytellers, Shagun thrives, easily embodying mortals and gods, men and women, and living on the road, where his father can't catch him. When Shagun meets Marc, a charming photographer, he seems to have found the love he always longed for, too. But not even Marc can save him from his lingering shame, nor his father's ever-present threat to send him to a conversion center. As Shagun's past begins to engulf him once again, he must decide if he is strong enough to face what he fears most, and to boldly claim his own happiness. Utterly immersive and spellbinding, The Sea Elephants is both dark and beautiful, harrowing and triumphant. An ode to the redemptive joys of art, Shastri Akella's debut novel is a celebration of hard-won love-of others and for ourselves"-- $c Provided by publisher. 941 $a 10 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20240509012542.0 952 $l JSPB572 $d 20240323012918.0 952 $l VXPE964 $d 20240217013324.0 952 $l SEPC074 $d 20231121010912.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20231115010451.0 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20231102013326.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20230906010417.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20230808011438.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20230802012245.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20230802011205.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E61BE46830F911EEB9FFDC383BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search