Blue-skinned gods
(Book)
Author
Published
New York, NY : Soho, [2021].
Format
Book
ISBN
9781641292429, 1641292423
Physical Desc
329 pages ; 22 cm
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Published
New York, NY : Soho, [2021].
Language
English
ISBN
9781641292429, 1641292423
Notes
Description
"In Tamil Nadu, India, a boy is born with blue skin. His father sets up an ashram, and the family makes a living off of the pilgrims who seek the child's blessings and miracles, believing young Kalki to be tenth human incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu. Kalki is confronted with three trials in his tenth year--tests of his power that will prove his divine status and, his father tells him, spread his fame worldwide. Over the next decade, as the story of his family unravels, his relationship to everyone--his dominating father, his beloved cousin, his cancer-stricken aunt, and the young woman he imagines he will marry--threatens to fall apart. At once a personal tale of youthful searching, and a magisterial, continent spanning tour-de-force, Blue-Skinned Gods is unwaveringly honest and heartbreaking, a powerful novel told through the eyes of a wonderfully winning and idiosyncratic protagonist"--,Provided by publisher.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Ashrams -- Fiction.
Avatars (Religion) -- Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Boys -- Fiction.
Exploitation -- Fiction.
Families -- India -- Fiction.
Fathers and sons -- Fiction.
Fiction.
Hindu gods -- Fiction.
Hinduism -- Fiction.
India -- Religious life and customs -- Fiction.
Kalki (Hindu deity) -- Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.
Tamil Nadu (India) -- Fiction.
Avatars (Religion) -- Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Boys -- Fiction.
Exploitation -- Fiction.
Families -- India -- Fiction.
Fathers and sons -- Fiction.
Fiction.
Hindu gods -- Fiction.
Hinduism -- Fiction.
India -- Religious life and customs -- Fiction.
Kalki (Hindu deity) -- Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.
Tamil Nadu (India) -- Fiction.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Sindu, S. (2021). Blue-skinned gods . Soho.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sindu, SJ. 2021. Blue-skinned Gods. New York, NY: Soho.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sindu, SJ. Blue-skinned Gods New York, NY: Soho, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Sindu, SJ. Blue-skinned Gods Soho, 2021.
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