The Sea Elephants by Shastri Akella
Contributed by Gareth Hague on Mar 22nd, 2024. Artwork published in
July 2023
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Source: us.macmillan.com License: All Rights Reserved.
From Macmillan:
For fans of Shuggie Bain and A Burning, a queer coming-of-age novel set in 1990s India, about a young man who joins a traveling street theater troupe, seeking to outrun the dark secrets of his past
“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.
Alias Harbour is hand rendered for the title type
