Ganesh: Removing the Obstacles by James H. Bae

Ganesh: Removing the Obstacles by James H. BaeIn India, statues of Ganesh are placed at the inner gates of many temples, symbolizing his role as a keeper of sacred spaces. Here, pilgrims and passers by, pay homage and seek his blessings. It is this symbolic presence at the entrance of our most holy places that makes Ganesh such a vital figure in our lives. Stationed at the threshold of sacredness and awareness, mediating between the possibility of the profound and our often habitual, mundane

the strange warping of space and time

and Mattia reveals to Alice his terrible secret: that as a boy he abandoned his mentally-disabled twin sister in a park to go to a party

Effie's still not over her parents splitting up a year ago and her dad and his awful new girlfriend are posting photos everywhere (with the hashtags #viagraworks and #sexinyoursixties)

It was previously released online in draft form

Plagues of insomnia

they make this a book that you will keep returning to for years to come

Inosuke and even the Hashira Tengen Uzui may all be overwhelmed

but that an even wilder reality may lie behind them

a vanished millionaire and his mistress

and exercise

The allegations of his extreme brutality and excess began to slip out

And when the time comes