Conversation so far:
What is the God of small things?
her first novel.
Did she have a lot of novels?
CANNOTANSWER.
Did she write any other novels?
CANNOTANSWER.
Did her novel win any awards?
become one of the five best books of 1997 by Time.

Question: What was it about?
Self-contained rewrite: What was The God of Small Things about?