The God of Small Things is a literary novel by Arundhati Roy, set in Kerala, India, and centred on the fractured childhood of twins Rahel and Estha. Moving between memory, family history and the consequences of social rules, the novel explores caste, forbidden love, political tension, childhood trauma and the fragile ways private lives are shaped by public forces. Roy’s narrative is nonlinear and intensely sensory, following small gestures, words and objects as they gather emotional weight across time. Winner of the 1997 Booker Prize, the novel speaks to readers interested in Indian literature, family sagas, postcolonial fiction and stories that examine how a single event can alter the lives around it.
Author: Arundhati Roy
Publisher: IndiaInk
Publication year: 1998
Number of pages: 339