“Marriage of a Thousand Lies is a rare book, written from a queer, South Asian perspective, but a welcome addition to an all-too-small canon. —Houston Press “[Sindu] has written a debut novel that is honest and moving—a complex story about a Sri-Lankan family and a strong female protagonist who struggles with her own identity against a backdrop of deep traditions and community.”/5(89). · Marriage of a Thousand Lies featured alongside Anthony Horowitz and Sherman Alexie as Literati Bookstore's 3 Hardcover Picks for June. Marriage of a Thousand Lies featured in Bustle's 29 New Fiction Books To Read This Summer. Interview with The Normal School about Marriage of . SJ Sindu is a Tamil diaspora author of two literary novels, Marriage of a Thousand Lies and Blue-Skinned Gods. Her middle-grade fantasy graphic novel, Shakti, is forthcoming from Harper Collins. Sindu is also the author of two hybrid chapbooks, I Once Met You But You Were Dead and Dominant Genes, which will be published in February by Black Lawrence Press.
According to the author, many people are surprised when they discover SJ Sindu's debut novel is set in The reason for that is because "Marriage of a Thousand Lies" follows the life of. SJ Sindu is a Tamil diaspora author of two novels, Marriage of a Thousand Lies and Blue-Skinned Gods, as well as the hybrid fiction and nonfiction chapbook I Once Met You But You Were Dead. A Lambda Literary Fellow, Sindu holds a PhD in English from Florida State University, and teaches at the University of Toronto. See more. ― S.J. Sindu, Marriage of a Thousand Lies. tags: closeted, lgbt, lgbtq. 7 likes. Like "Grief is an impossible meal, so we cut it up into little pieces, dress it in ritual, and take it like a pill." ― S.J. Sindu, Marriage of a Thousand Lies. tags.
Marriage of a Thousand Lies featured alongside Anthony Horowitz and Sherman Alexie as Literati Bookstore's 3 Hardcover Picks for June. Marriage of a Thousand Lies featured in Bustle's 29 New Fiction Books To Read This Summer. Interview with The Normal School about Marriage of a Thousand Lies. Marriage of a Thousand Lies is a novel by Sri Lankan-American author SJ Sindu, published by Soho Press in It tells the story of Lucky and Kris, two gay South Asian-Americans whose parents immigrated from Sri Lanka, who marry to stay in the closet. The novel won the Publishing Triangle Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction, is a Lambda Literary Award Finalist, and was selected by the American Library Association as a Stonewall Honor Book. Marriage of a Thousand Lies is a heartfelt debut novel that follows the journey of Lakshmi, a Sri Lankan-American lesbian married to Krishna, a gay Indian man. Theirs is a marriage of convenience; a heterosexual front designed to stop questions from family about their sexuality. The novel finds Lakshmi, known as Lucky, as she returns home to take care of her ailing grandmother, and discovers her first love and childhood best friend, Nisha, preparing for an arranged marriage.
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