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White dancing elephants : stories, Chaya Bhuvaneswar

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Summary
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
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Extent
205 pages
Contents
  • Chronicle of a marriage, foretold
  • Heitor
  • Newberry
  • Asha in Allston
  • The life you save isn't your own
  • The orphan handler
  • In Allegheny
  • The goddess of beauty goes bowling
  • Adristakama
  • White dancing elephants
  • The story of the woman who fell in love with death
  • Talinda
  • A Shaker chair
  • Jagatishwaran
  • The bang bang
  • Orange popsicles
  • Neela: Bhopal, 1984
Isbn
9781945814617
Instance
Label
White dancing elephants : stories
Title
White dancing elephants
Title remainder
stories
Statement of responsibility
Chaya Bhuvaneswar
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
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
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DLC
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1971-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Bhuvaneswar, Chaya
Dewey number
813/.6
Index
no index present
LC call number
PS3602.H54
LC item number
A6 2018
Literary form
short stories
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Women
  • India
Label
White dancing elephants : stories, Chaya Bhuvaneswar
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Chronicle of a marriage, foretold
  • Heitor
  • Newberry
  • Asha in Allston
  • The life you save isn't your own
  • The orphan handler
  • In Allegheny
  • The goddess of beauty goes bowling
  • Adristakama
  • White dancing elephants
  • The story of the woman who fell in love with death
  • Talinda
  • A Shaker chair
  • Jagatishwaran
  • The bang bang
  • Orange popsicles
  • Neela: Bhopal, 1984
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Extent
205 pages
Isbn
9781945814617
Lccn
2018005798
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • on1022991696
  • (OCoLC)1022991696
Label
White dancing elephants : stories, Chaya Bhuvaneswar
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Chronicle of a marriage, foretold
  • Heitor
  • Newberry
  • Asha in Allston
  • The life you save isn't your own
  • The orphan handler
  • In Allegheny
  • The goddess of beauty goes bowling
  • Adristakama
  • White dancing elephants
  • The story of the woman who fell in love with death
  • Talinda
  • A Shaker chair
  • Jagatishwaran
  • The bang bang
  • Orange popsicles
  • Neela: Bhopal, 1984
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Extent
205 pages
Isbn
9781945814617
Lccn
2018005798
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • on1022991696
  • (OCoLC)1022991696

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