The God of Small Things (G K Hall Large Print Book Series) - Hardcover

Roy, Arundhati

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0783882963 ISBN 13: 9780783882963

Publisher: G K Hall & Co, 1997

Synopsis

In 1969 in Kerala, India, Rahel and her twin bother, Estha, struggle to forge a childhood for themselves amid the destruction of their family life, as they discover that the entire world can be transformed in a single moment

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Review

In her first novel, award-winning Indian screenwriter Arundhati Roy conjures a whoosh of wordplay that rises from the pages like a brilliant jazz improvisation. The God of Small Things is nominally the story of young twins Rahel and Estha and the rest of their family, but the book feels like a million stories spinning out indefinitely; it is the product of a genius child-mind that takes everything in and transforms it in an alchemy of poetry. The God of Small Things is at once exotic and familiar to the Western reader, written in an English that's completely new and invigorated by the Asian Indian influences of culture and language.

Review

‘Richly deserving the rapturous praise it has received on both sides of the Atlantic...”The God of Small Things” achieves a genuine tragic resonance. It is, indeed, a masterpiece.’ Observer

‘Roy is truly gifted, not just in her ability to make words playful and meaning mischievous, but to use this to create a language texture that bowls you along, gathering momentum like the narrative itself...Witty and vivid, full of rich, memorable images...a verbal stream of steady beauty.’ Ali Smith

‘It is rare to find a book that so effectively cuts through the clothes of nationality, caste and religion to reveal the bare bones of humanity. A sensational novel.’ Daily Telegraph

‘A quite astonishing novel by any standards – broad in its historical sweep, emotionally profound and marvellously acute and delicate.’ Economist

‘Quite brilliant...One can only strongly recommend this extremely funny and enchanting and pretty much genius piece of debut fiction.’ Spectator

Edition details

• Publisher: G K Hall & Co
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0783882963
• ISBN 13: 9780783882963
• Binding: Hardcover