The God of Small Things
By: Arundhati Roy
Edition: 2008 Random House Trade Paperback Edition (7)
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: library binding
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9781606865613
Copyright date: 2008
Description: Compared favorably to the works of Faulkner and Dickens, Arundhati Roy’s modern classic is equal parts powerful family saga, forbidden love story, and piercing political drama. The seven-year-old twins Estha and Rahel see their world shaken irrevocably by the arrival of their beautiful young cousin, Sophie. It is an event that will lead to an illicit liaison and tragedies accidental and intentional, exposing “big things [that] lurk unsaid” in a country drifting dangerously toward unrest. Lush, lyrical, and unnerving, The God of Small Things is an award-winning landmark that started for its author an esteemed career of fiction and political commentary that continues unabated.
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