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Blue-Skinned Gods

A book by SJ Sindu.

SJ Sindu

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 onfather, mother, aunt, uncle, cousinstarts falling apart. Traveling from India to the underground rock scene of New York City,Blue-Skinned Godsexplores 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. (From Soho Press)

Blue-Skinned Gods is available in November 2021.

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