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The God of Small Things
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by Arundhati Roy
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The year is 1969. In the state of Kerala, on the southernmost tip of India, fraternal twins Esthappen and Rahel fashion a childhood for themselves in the shade of the wreck that is their family. Their lonely, lovely mother, Ammu, (who loves by night the man her children love by day), fled an abusive marriage to live with their blind grandmother, Mammachi (who plays Handel on her violin), their beloved uncle Chacko (Rhodes scholar, pickle baron, radical Marxist, bottom-pincher), and their enemy, Baby Kochamma (ex-nun and incumbent grandaunt). When Chacko's English ex-wife brings their daughter for a Christmas visit, the twins learn that Things Can Change in a Day. That lives can twist into new, ugly shapes, even cease forever, beside their river...
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The God of Small Things
2008, Random House Trade Paperbacks
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in English
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The God of Small Things: A Novel
2008, Random House Trade Paperbacks
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in English
- 2008 Random House Trade Paperback Edition (14)
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The God of Small Things
2004, Harper Perennial
Paperback
in English
- 52nd printing
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Le Dieu des Petits Riens
2002 07 15, Gallimard, Gallimard Education
Mass Market Paperback
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The God of Small Things
1998, HarperFlamingo, Harper Perennial
Paperback
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Der Gott der kleinen Dinge
1997, Karl Blessing Verlag
Hardcover
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The God of Small Things
1997, G.K. Hall
Hardcover
in English
- U.S. Hardcover Large Print Edition
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The God of Small Things
1997, Random House
Hardcover
in English
- printing (9)
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The God of Small Things is the debut novel of Indian writer Arundhati Roy. It is a story about the childhood experiences of fraternal twins whose lives are destroyed by the "Love Laws" that lay down "who should be loved, and how. And how much." The book explores how the small things affect people's behavior and their lives. The book also reflects its irony against casteism, which is a major discrimination that prevails in India. It won the Booker Prize in 1997.
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