Short Story Book Discussion White Dancing Elephants by Chaya Bhuvaneswar

White Dancing Elephants by Chaya Bhuvaneswar

A woman grieves a miscarriage, haunted by the Buddha's birth. An artist with schizophrenia tries to survive hatred and indifference in a small village in 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. And fragments of history, from child brick-makers to slaves in Renaissance Portugal, are held up in brief fictions, burnished, made dazzling and unforgettable.

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