Book :: The God of Small Things
| By: | Arundhati Roy |
| Pages: | 321 |
| Published: | 1997 |
| Genre(s): | India |
| Historical Fiction | |
| Literary Fiction | |
| Award(s): | Man Booker Prize (1997) |
| Rating: | (6) |
66 points
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Compared favorably to the works of Faulkner and Dickens, Arundhati Roy’s debut novel is a modern classic that has been read and loved worldwide. Equal parts powerful family saga, forbidden love story, and piercing political drama, it is the story of an affluent Indian family forever changed by one fateful day in 1969. The seven-year-old twins Estha and Rahel see their world shaken irrevokably...
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red13x
A very good read, full of twists and turns. I would highly recommend giving this a go!
Jan 19th, 2014
Tejas Nair
An original macabre about life. It is innocent, exotic, cruel & funny. Arundhati Roy is phenomenal; albeit her verbosity she succeeds in delivering a strong connotation. Highly recommended!
Sep 21st, 2013
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85th on The Big Read by BBC
