The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy

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 ...  Read the complete review

With changing time english literature is welcoming and getting enriched by alot of asian literature as well as literature from the third world countries. God of small things is one such piece of art. It is one of the finest fictional works by Rundhati roy. She is now a outspoken political worker. For this reason we cant separate the poltical tinge from this novel of hers. It was published in 1997. It is also a winner of a booker prize in 1997 for this novel. The writer is a screen play writer. She is also a women rights activist. She is a outspoken protestor of the atrocities of the west especially in Iran, Palistine and Afghanistan. For this stance of hers and she ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

Arundhati Roy burst into the literary scene with this novel, scooping the Booker Prize effortlessly in 1997. Now I always approach Booker prize novels with trepidation. They somehow never live up to the hype. I am happy to say that 'The God of small things' not only lives upto its hype but also surpasses all expectations. I am qualified to nitpick this book because I've been to the places she mentions and I still have relatives who live in Kerala. I was ready to take this book apart with an insiders toothcomb and show up its weak innards. Trouble is, I couldn't find any fault. Instead I found myself enjoying every minutiae, reminiscing ...  Read the complete review