Marriage of a Thousand Lies

"What a gorgeous, heartbreaking novel."--Roxane Gay​​A necessary and exciting addition to both the Sri Lankan-American and LGBTQ...
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Author: Sj Sindu
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Language: English
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Marriage of a Thousand Lies by Sindu, Sj

Marriage of a Thousand Lies

$28.99

Marriage of a Thousand Lies

$28.99
Author: Sj Sindu
Format: Paperback
Language: English
"What a gorgeous, heartbreaking novel."--Roxane Gay

A necessary and exciting addition to both the Sri Lankan-American and LGBTQ canons, SJ Sindu's debut novel offers a moving and sharply rendered​ exploration of friendship, family, love, and loss.

Lucky and her husband, Krishna, are gay. They present an illusion of marital bliss to their conservative Sri Lankan-American families, while each dates on the side. It's not ideal, but for Lucky, it seems to be working. She goes out dancing, she drinks a bit, she makes ends meet by doing digital art on commission. But when Lucky's grandmother has a nasty fall, Lucky returns to her childhood home and unexpectedly reconnects with her former best friend and first lover, Nisha, who is preparing for her own arranged wedding with a man she's never met.

As the connection between the two women is rekindled, Lucky tries to save Nisha from entering a marriage based on a lie. But does Nisha really want to be saved? And after a decade's worth of lying, can Lucky break free of her own circumstances and build a new life? Is she willing to walk away from all that she values about her parents and community to live in a new truth? As Lucky--an outsider no matter what choices she makes--is pushed to the breaking point, Marriage of a Thousand Lies offers a vivid exploration of a life lived at a complex intersection of race, sexuality, and nationality. The result is a profoundly American debut novel shot through with humor and loss, a story of love, family, and the truths that define us all.

Author: Sj Sindu
Publisher: Soho Press
Published: 07/10/2018
Pages: 302
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781616959470

About the Author
SJ Sindu is the author of the 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. She holds an MA in English from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a PhD in Creative Writing from Florida State University. Sindu teaches at the University of Toronto Scarborough.

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