The god of small things : [a novel] /
Roy, Arundhati,
The god of small things : [a novel] / - First HarperPerennial edition. - xii, 321 pages ; 21 cm
Subtitle from cover. "A hardcover edition of this book was published in 1997 by Random House"--Title page verso.
Paradise pickles & preserves -- Pappachi's moth -- Big man the Laltain, small man the Mombatti -- Abhilash talkies -- God's own country -- Cochin kangaroos -- Wisdom exercise notebooks -- Welcome home, our Sophie Mol -- Mrs. Pillai, Mrs. Eapen, Mrs. Rajagopalan -- River in the boat -- God of small things -- Kochu Thomban -- Pessimist and the optimist -- Work is struggle -- Crossing -- Few hours later -- Cochin harbor terminus -- History house -- Saving Ammu -- Madras mail -- Cost of living.
The story of an Indian family during the 1969 Communist disturbances in Kerala province. It is told through the eyes of a boy and his sister who are the children of a rich rubber planter. Politics, family drama, illicit love. A debut in fiction.
Man Booker Prize for Fiction, 1997
0060977493 9780060977498
97032562
Social classes--India--Fiction.
Twins--Fiction.
Cousins--Fiction.
Downing--Fiction.
Medicine in Literature.
India--Fiction.
India--Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Domestic fiction.
PR9499.3.R59 / G63 1998
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The god of small things : [a novel] / - First HarperPerennial edition. - xii, 321 pages ; 21 cm
Subtitle from cover. "A hardcover edition of this book was published in 1997 by Random House"--Title page verso.
Paradise pickles & preserves -- Pappachi's moth -- Big man the Laltain, small man the Mombatti -- Abhilash talkies -- God's own country -- Cochin kangaroos -- Wisdom exercise notebooks -- Welcome home, our Sophie Mol -- Mrs. Pillai, Mrs. Eapen, Mrs. Rajagopalan -- River in the boat -- God of small things -- Kochu Thomban -- Pessimist and the optimist -- Work is struggle -- Crossing -- Few hours later -- Cochin harbor terminus -- History house -- Saving Ammu -- Madras mail -- Cost of living.
The story of an Indian family during the 1969 Communist disturbances in Kerala province. It is told through the eyes of a boy and his sister who are the children of a rich rubber planter. Politics, family drama, illicit love. A debut in fiction.
Man Booker Prize for Fiction, 1997
0060977493 9780060977498
97032562
Social classes--India--Fiction.
Twins--Fiction.
Cousins--Fiction.
Downing--Fiction.
Medicine in Literature.
India--Fiction.
India--Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Domestic fiction.
PR9499.3.R59 / G63 1998
823