Winner · The Booker Prize 1997
The God of Small Things
1997 novel by Arundhati Roy
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.
Synopsis from Open Library.
- Language
- English
- Genre
- magic realist fiction
- Pages
- 357
- ISBN
- 9780006551096
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction, dalit, Catholicism, fraternal twins, Psychological fiction, Domestic fiction, award:man_booker_prize=1997
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