The god of small things

by Arundhati Roy

No cover — The god of small things (2007, HarperCollins)

[sound recording] /

English language

Published Jan. 29, 2007 by HarperCollins.

OCLC Number:: 319900189

(11 reviews)

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 …

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Pierre-André A. reviewed Le Dieu des Petits Riens by Arundhati Roy

Magnifique livre, émouvant !

5 stars

Magnifique livre, très émouvant et incroyablement bien écrit. Ce premier livre de l'auteur, si je me rappelle bien mes lectures à son sujet, fit sensation dans le monde de la littérature anglaise. Il est de fait étudié au Bac français (option littérature anglaise) 2024-2025. Le style est de réalisme magique, vu depuis les yeux de deux enfants, faux-jumeaux, qui ont développés une vision très particulière du monde, certainement par protection. Bien qu'il traite de sujets parfois sur, ce style justement permet d'éviter de se retrouver le cœur trop broyé para leurs tribulations.

kab reviewed The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

The God of Small Things

3 stars

Kerala and nearly all of the characters expand into three dimensions in a story that weaves between past and present and addresses class and patriarchal structures, colonialism, family dysfunction. It's cluttered however with poetic turns of phrase that founder and repeat and grow overshadowly wearisome.

Utsob Roy reviewed The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

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5 stars

Poetic. Captivating. Rich an elegant in thoughts and the story.

Comrade Kay reviewed The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

Review of 'The God of Small Things' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Till the tenth chapter, I was disconnected to the frustrating, non -linear narrative. The whole time I told the character - "people die, kid. This is not grief. Don't exaggerate. This is boring. "

The story picks up and the same annoying (remains annoying) narrative draws the reader to the dark, inside jokes. By the end, I learnt that senseless deaths are inconsolable.

The book ends beautifully. Never have I had such closure despite nothing really changing for the characters. The strongest last chapter.. Nothing else could have had that impact