The God of small Things by Arundati roy was published 1996. It quickly became a best-seller, and won the prestigious Booker Prize in October, 1997. The core of the book is her portrayal of children, entering into their thinking in a way which does not sentimentalize them but reveals the fierce passions and terrors which course through them and almost destroy them. "A story is a simple way of presenting a complex world and in my book I have tried to create a complete world carefully with craft and detail," clarifies Arundhati Roy!
Set in Kerala during the late 1960s when communism rattled the age-old caste system, The God of Small Things begins with the funeral of young Sophie Mol, the cousin of the novel's protagonists Rahel and her fraternal twin brother, Estha. In a circuitous and suspense--filled narrative, it is a story of decadence of a family with a hoary past, trapped in a time bubble. The bubble is tossed like a yo-yo by the great surge of events, ready to burst any moment. Nevertheless this steady, mechanical and almost pre-ordained process of withering, stirs up great passions, with its attendant ironies and pathos. In the end, we have a classic with a tragic grandeur, albeit of small things!
Other books by Arundati roy
* Algebra of Infinite Justice
* Ordinary Person's guide to Empire
* Power politics
Other books by Arundati roy
* Algebra of Infinite Justice
* Ordinary Person's guide to Empire
* Power politics
