{"product_id":"half-gods-akil-kumarasamy-9781250214959","title":"Half Gods","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA startlingly beautiful debut, Akil Kumarasamy's \u003ci\u003eHalf Gods \u003c\/i\u003ebrings together the exiled, the disappeared, the seekers. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing the fractured origins and destines of two brothers named after demigods from the ancient epic the Mahabharata, we meet a family struggling with the reverberations of the past in their lives. These ten interlinked stories redraw the map of our world in surprising ways: following an act of violence, a baby girl is renamed after a Hindu goddess but raised as a Muslim; a lonely butcher from Angola finds solace in a family of refugees in New Jersey; a gentle entomologist, in Sri Lanka, discovers unexpected reserves of courage while searching for his missing son. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy turns heartbreaking and fiercely inventive, \u003ci\u003eHalf Gods\u003c\/i\u003e reveals with sharp clarity the ways that parents, children, and friends act as unknowing mirrors to each other, revealing in their all-too human weaknesses, hopes, and sorrows a connection to the divine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Akil Kumarasamy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250214955\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250214959\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/09\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.80d","brand":"Akil Kumarasamy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047987900671,"sku":"9781250214959","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a232a833-d702-44a6-851f-f91e91cb784b.jpg?v=1684993268","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/half-gods-akil-kumarasamy-9781250214959","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}