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The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy

 

Description: ISBN 0006550681 / Author: Arundhati Roy / Genre: Fiction / Winner of the Booker Prize 1997. Set against a background of political ... more
The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy ... turbulence in Kerala, this novel tells the story of twins Esthappen and Rahel and their family.

Newest Review: ... in 1969. The twins grow up with their mother, Ammu and Baby Kochamma, their grandfather's sister. They are raised in their ... more

 ... grandparent's house, following their mother's divorce from their father, with whom they have no contact. They are generally a well off family and the family business is the production of jam in a local factory. The God of Small Things tells of their daily life and the trials and tribulations faced in a discriminating society, highly governed by traditional customs and boundaries. Ultimately The God of Small Things is a book which deals with the cultural dilemmas of post-colonial India. The novel is rich with India...more

aimes
Crowned Review The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy: Please read this book! For my sanity! (583 words)
by aimes - written on 02.02.03 (Very useful, 983 readings)
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This book is so unlike anything I have ever read before, and is everything I would aspire to as a writer. This is the example I will constantly compare to, the standard by which anything I ever write will have to be held up to. Though this is probably a useless aspiration since I doubt anyone but Arundhati Roy could create what she has with this book. To try and emulate her would be fruitless, since she has invented a truly unique voice, a genuinely new language. 'The God of Small Things' won the 1997 Booker Prize and was Roy's debut novel, so I guess this review is a little late, but despite the fact I know I sound like a gushing publicist, I have ...

nickyturnill
Premium Review Banana Jam Anyone? (744 words)
by nickyturnill - written on 19.07.07 (Very useful, 142 readings)
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Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things was published in 1996. It quickly became a best seller and won the Booker prize in 1997. I first read the book in 2000 after it was recommended by a friend who was studying it as part of her English Literature Degree. The same friend went on to conduct her Literature MA into this book. I read the book again recently and it was just as wonderful as I first recall. The God of Small Things is written from the perspective of 'two egg' boy and girl twins, Esthappen Yako (known as Estha) and Rahel, who recount the story of their childhood in India. The book opens with Rahel's return to their childhood home of ...

pete_apf
Premium Review The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy: The book that wrote itself (449 words)
by pete_apf - written on 12.05.01 (Very useful, 195 readings)
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As I write about this book, Iam a wee bit embarrassed. For one, I should have read this classic earlier, much earlier. Secondly no reviews or praise can actually do justice to this masterpiece. Even here the word ‘Masterpiece’ becomes an understatement. Arundhati Roy, an author blessed by ‘The God of Small Things’, with an ability to make the cold, bland language of English sound magical and triumphant, writes an entire book filled with emotions, feelings neatly and effectively sculpted with the use of words. Chew on these phrases for now. Chocolate is stickysweet and meltybrown. Bluegreyblue eyes snap A Wake, A Lert. Truths lie off the ...

 
 
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