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The god of small things : [a novel] /

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : HarperPerennial, a division of HarperCollinsPublishers, 1998Edition: First HarperPerennial editionDescription: xii, 321 pages ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0060977493
  • 9780060977498
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823 21
LOC classification:
  • PR9499.3.R59 G63 1998
Contents:
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.
Awards:
  • Man Booker Prize for Fiction, 1997
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Barcode
F F Chamberlin Free Public Library Fiction F ROY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34517000244809

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

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