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Blue-Skinned Gods



by
SJ Sindu

Edition
Hardcover edition
Publisher
Soho Press
Imprint
Soho Press
ISBN
9781641292429
POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Language: Strong Language , Discrimination: Gender Identity , Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Marijuana Use , Sexual Content: Strong Sexual Content/Themes , Violence: Mild Violence
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From the award-winning author of Marriage of a Thousand Lies comes a brilliantly written, globe-spanning novel about identity, faith, family, and sexuality.

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 the tenth human incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu. In Kalki’s tenth year, he is confronted with three trials that will test his power and prove his divine status and, his father tells him, spread his fame worldwide. While he seems to pass them, Kalki begins to question his divinity.

Over the next decade, his family unravels, and every relationship he relied on—father, mother, aunt, uncle, cousin—starts falling apart. Traveling from India to the underground rock scene of New York City, Blue-Skinned Gods explores ethnic, gender, and sexual identities, and spans continents and faiths, in an expansive and heartfelt look at the need for belief in our globally interconnected world.

POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Language: Strong Language , Discrimination: Gender Identity , Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Marijuana Use , Sexual Content: Strong Sexual Content/Themes , Violence: Mild Violence

Details

Format

Print

Page Count

336

Trim Size

8 3/10" x 5 1/2"

Dewey

F

AR

0: points 0

Genre

Fic

Scholastic Reading Counts

0

JLG Release

Feb 2022

Book Genres

Realistic Fiction

Topics

Avatars (religion). Hindu gods. Kalki (Hindu deity). Ashrams. Fathers and sons. Exploitation. Families. Hinduism. Religious life and customs. Tamil Nadu, India. New York City. Divinity. Faith healing.

 


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