The God of Small Things is the debut novel of Indian writer Arundhati Roy. It is a story about the childhood experiences of fraternal twins whose lives are destroyed by the "Love Laws" that lay down "who should be loved, and how. And how much." The book explores how the …
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The God of Small Things is the debut novel of Indian writer Arundhati Roy. It is a story about the childhood experiences of fraternal twins whose lives are destroyed by the "Love Laws" that lay down "who should be loved, and how. And how much." The book explores how the small things affect people's behavior and their lives. The book also reflects its irony against casteism, which is a major discrimination that prevails in India. It won the Booker Prize in 1997. The God of Small Things was Roy's first book and only novel until the 2017 publication of The Ministry of Utmost Happiness twenty years later. She began writing the manuscript for The God of Small Things in 1992 and finished four years later, in 1996. It was published the following year. The potential of the story was first recognized by Pankaj Mishra, an editor with HarperCollins, who sent it to three British publishers. Roy received £500,000 in advance and rights to the book were sold in 21 countries.
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- LibraryThing key:
- 2961
- Goodreads:
- 37819
- BNF ID:
- 14429411r
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Il Dio Delle Piccole Cose
Paperback, 357 pages
Italian language
Published Aug. 27, 2002 by TEA.
- ISBN:
- 978-88-502-0000-9Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 636465453
The God of Small Things
340 pages
English language
Published 2009
- ISBN:
- 978-0-00-788033-1Copied ISBN!
The God of Small Things
library binding, 333 pages
English language
Published Jan. 29, 2008 by Random House Trade Paperbacks.
- OCLC Number:
- 1149211052
The God of Small Things
321 pages
English language
Published Aug. 1, 1997
- ISBN:
- 978-0-679-45731-2Copied ISBN!
- Goodreads:
- 9777
Le Dieu des Petits Riens
Mass Market Paperback, 439 pages
French language
Published July 15, 2002 by Gallimard.
- OCLC Number:
- 59326822
The God of Small Things
Paperback, 352 pages
English language
Published Dec. 16, 2008 by Random House Trade Paperbacks.
- OCLC Number:
- 229027853
Der Gott der kleinen Dinge
380 pages
German language
Published 1999 by btb.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-442-72468-0Copied ISBN!
El dios de las pequeñas cosas
384 pages
Spanish language
Published 1998
- ISBN:
- 978-84-339-0862-9Copied ISBN!
- Goodreads:
- 622632
The God of Small Things
Paperback, 339 pages
English language
Published Jan. 29, 2004 by Harper Perennial.
- OCLC Number:
- 920148987
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