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The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy

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Manufacturer : Harper Perennial
Release date : 5 May 2004
ISBN-10 : 0006550681 | ISBN-13 : 9780006550686
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In her first novel, award-winning Indian screenwriter Arundhati Roy conjures a whoosh of wordplay that rises from the pages like a brilliant jazz improvisation. The God of Small Things is nominally the story of young twins Rahel and Estha and the rest of their family, but the book feels like a million stories spinning out indefinitely; it ... (more)


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Posted : 2 years, 5 months ago at Jun 7 5:30
I’ve read this twice mostly because I somehow forgot about the first time. I like Arundhati Roy. She is not factory line driven to putting out a novel every so often and is willing to speak her mind about politics at the expense of her own popularity. The God of Small Things follows the lives of a luckless family, following a dramatic turn of events. The main characters are two egg twins Esthappen and Rahel and the story is really a variation on Romeo and Juliet, set in C20th India. I like the rhythms of this book. I know people say Roy rips off Salman Rushdie. I don’t know about that but I do know that she comes up with memorable phrases like ‘police tea’ and has great passion for her characters. Pass on the tea.

A beautifully written tragedy

Posted : 3 years, 1 month ago at Oct 22 10:29
This book is hard for me to summarize. I had heard very good things and it was a Booker Prize winner, I had very high expectations. When I started the book it was a bit confusing and I had a brief stirring of disappointment but then I realized how beautifully the story was being told, as I let go of trying to figure it all out and let the story unfold for itself at it's own pace, I began to really enjoy it. I can see why some readers gave up on it but I'm glad I didn't and I think it was well worth it.

Rating : 8/10