The God of Small Things
Written by Arundhati Roy
Narrated by Aysha Kala
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Winner of the 1997 Booker Prize. The richly exotic story of the childhood the twins Esthappen and Rahel craft for themselves amongst India’s vats of banana jam and mountains of peppercorns.
Here, perhaps, is the greatest Indian novel by a woman. Arundhati Roy’s ‘The God of Small Things’ is an astonishingly rich, fertile novel, teeming with life, colour, heart-stopping language, wry comedy and a hint of magical realism.
Set against a background of political turbulence in Kerala, Southern India, ‘The God of Small Things’ tells the story of twins Esthappen and Rahel. Amongst the vats of banana jam and heaps of peppercorns in their grandmother’s factory, they try to craft a childhood for themselves amidst what constitutes their family – their lonely, lovely mother, their beloved Uncle Chacko (pickle baron, radical Marxist and bottom-pincher) and their avowed enemy Baby Kochamma (ex-nun and incumbent grand-aunt).
Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy is an award-winning film-maker and a trained architect. She is the author of ‘The God of Small Things’ which won the 1997 Booker prize.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5First, the language that hovers between literal and transcendental; between children’s and adults’; between merely human and the gods ‘of small things’, which the downtrodden humans cling to. Then, the story-telling, skipping between moments of time in building up the tragedy of these people’s lives. Finally, the social and historical range that educates at the same time that it evokes feelings.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A literary masterpiece that takes you in a poetical journey into the innermost depths of the human nature.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The story is written with such piercing precision, poise and elegance. I love how it spirals in on itself and a nuanced and powerful way it deals with trauma.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Everytime finish this book, I want to read it again. And everytime I read it again, it breaks my heart into brittle, tiny pieces???
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wonderful book full of emotion, precise and creative word play, sadness, joy, loss and rebirth. A powerful rumination on the meaning of justice, caste, love for family and for lover, and intimacy. Masterfully read as well.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Sensitive, sensuous use of language. Porous prose , poetic imagination.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Artful, beautifully crafted deeply moving. A wonderful novel. Must read.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I did love it. Great book and the reading by Aysha Kala was just perfect. My favourite talking book yet.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Thank you! Beautifully read. Flowing calm pros. Heart wrenching story.