num_pages: 321
description: Set mainly in Kerala, India, in 1969, The God of Small Things is the story of Rahel and her twin brother Estha, who learn that their whole world can change in a single day, that love and life can be lost in a moment. Armed only with the invincible innocence of children, they seek to craft a childhood for themselves amid the wreckage that constitutes their family. Sweet and heartbreaking, ribald and profound, this novel heralds a voice so powerful and original that it burns itself into the reader's memory."A work of highly conscious art.... Like a devotinally built temple, The God of Small Things builds a massive interlocking structure of fine, intensely felt details." -John Updike, The New Yorker"Roy weaves her bold and startling narrative in sequences of luminously rendered scenes...remarkable." -The Globe and Mail
language: English
title: The God of Small Things
titlecomplete: The God of Small Things
characters: Ammu, Mammachi, Chacko, Estha, Baby Kochamma, Velutha, Rahel
genres: Fiction, Indian Literature, Asia, India, Literature, Classics, Novels, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 289713
places: South Asia, Aymanam, Kerala, India
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Booker Prize, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Dublin Literary Award
publisher: Vintage Canada