Marriage of a Thousand Lies

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Marriage of a Thousand Lies
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Author SJ Sindu
LanguageEnglish
Genre Novel
Publisher Soho Press
Publication date
13 June 2017
Publication placeUnited States
Pages288
ISBN 9781616957902

Marriage of a Thousand Lies is a novel by Sri Lankan-American author SJ Sindu, published by Soho Press in 2017. 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 2018 Publishing Triangle Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction [1] and was a Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction finalist [2] and Stonewall Honor Book. [3]

Reception

Marriage of a Thousand Lies received positive reviews from Booklist , [4] Lambda Literary Foundation, [5] Publishers Weekly , [6] Toronto Star , [7] Ms. , [8] Paste , [9] Los Angeles Review of Books , [10] International Examiner , [11] and Autostraddle . [12]

Awards for Marriage of a Thousand Lies
YearAwardResultRef.
2017 Edmund White Award for Debut FictionWinner [13] [1]
2018 Barbara Gittings Literature Award Honor [3]
DSC Prize for South Asian Literature Longlist [14]
Goldie Award for Debut NovelWinner [15]
Independent Publisher Book Award for LGBT+ FictionSilver [16]
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction Finalist [2]
Over the Rainbow Book List Top 10 [17]
VCU First Novel AwardFinalist [18]

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