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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The God of small things
320 pages
English language
Published Jan. 29, 1997 by Flamingo.
Chiisakimonotachi no kami
486 pages
Japanese language
Published Jan. 29, 1998 by DHC.
- OCLC Number:
- 41486837
The god of small things
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English language
Published Jan. 29, 2007 by HarperCollins.
- OCLC Number:
- 319900189
The god of small things
339 pages
English language
Published Jan. 29, 1997 by IndiaInk.
The god of small things
321 pages
Published Jan. 29, 1998
The god of small things
English language
Published Jan. 29, 1997 by Flamingo.
Kücük seylerin tanrisi
362 pages
Turkish language
Published Jan. 29, 1998 by Can Yayinlari Ltd..
Il dio delle piccole cose
357 pages
Italian language
Published Jan. 29, 1997 by Ugo Guanda editore.
El Dios de Las Pequenas Cosas
Paperback
Spanish language
Published Feb. 28, 2001 by Anagrama.
The god of small things
Published Jan. 29, 1998 by Harper perennial.
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