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092    |fF|aSINDU 
100 1  Sindu, SJ,|eauthor. 
245 10 Blue-skinned gods /|cSJ Sindu. 
264  1 New York, NY :|bSoho,|c[2021] 
264  4 |c©2021 
300    329 pages ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    "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"--|cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Avatars (Religion)|vFiction. 
650  0 Hinduism|vFiction. 
650  0 Families|zIndia|vFiction. 
655  7 Bildungsromans.|2lcgft