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ISBN 10: 1250867053
ISBN 13: 9781250867056
Author: Shastri Akella

“An exquisite novel destined to be a classic.” ―Eric Nguyen, author of Things We Lost to the Water

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.

The Sea Elephants 1st Edition Table of contents:

Part I. 1989–1990

Arrival

Deodorant Days

Furniture

In Rusty’s Footsteps

Brief Tutorial on How the Adult Male Pisses

The Unexpected Guest

The Dravidian Book of Seas and Stargazing, Volume 2

The Departures Begin

A Game Gone Wrong

Part II. 1990–1991

Target Man

Bitch Bags

The Cauldron Hours

Disappear, Reappear

Brief Tutorial on How the Adult Male Pisses

The Dravidian Book of Seas and Stargazing

Shoulder Season

Hanuman Male Fixing Center

Part III. 1991–1996

Walk Like a Lion, Cry Like a Hornbill

The Mother of the Drowned Child

Circus Son

Shagun, or the 1980S Bollywood (Mellow)Drama Queen

The Sixth Summer

Part IV. 1996–1997

First Desire

Back-To-School Day

First Date

Marc, Meet Mud and Milk

Like Swami and Friends

Rhythms

Revelations

Ken and Me and the World in Between

Jew Town, Cochin

A Song in Judeo-Malayalam

The Meeting

A Sham

Happy Birthday, Marc

The Argument

Lucky

Under Arrest

Part V. 1997

Visitors

May I Be a Crow?

Cows Take You to Heaven

Janak Reformatory and Jailhouse, Madhuban

If Miracles Happen in this World

Scent Savior

Chitrangada

Removal

Other Uses of Earthen Lamps

Part VI. 1997

It

Two Unexpected Encounters

The Punishment

Bhakti Poems

PART VII. 1997

Homecoming

Acts of Disclosure

A Solution

The Rise of the Sea Elephants

Other Uses for Earthen Lamps

Author’s Note

Acknowledgments

Praise for The Sea Elephants

About the Author

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