God of Small Things / Arundhati Roy

By:

Roy, Arundhati

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Penguin Books, 2002. New Delhi :Description: 339 pISBN:

9780143028574

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

823 ROY-G

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	Library, SPAB L-2	Fiction	823 ROY-G (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	003415

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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.

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