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The God of Small Things

Winner of the 1997 Booker Prize. The richly exotic story of the childhood the twins Esthappen and Rahel craft for themselves amongst India’s vats of banana jam and mountains of peppercorns.

Here, perhaps, is the greatest Indian novel by a woman. Arundhati Roy’s ‘The God of Small Things’ is an astonishingly rich, fertile novel, teeming with life, colour, heart-stopping language, wry comedy and a hint of magical realism.

Set against a background of political turbulence in Kerala, Southern India, ‘The God of Small Things’ tells the story of twins Esthappen and Rahel. Amongst the vats of banana jam and heaps of peppercorns in their grandmother’s factory, they try to craft a childhood for themselves amidst what constitutes their family – their lonely, lovely mother, their beloved Uncle Chacko (pickle baron, radical Marxist and bottom-pincher) and their avowed enemy Baby Kochamma (ex-nun and incumbent grand-aunt).


Author:

  • Arundhati Roy

Narrator:

  • Diana Quick

Format:

  • Audiobook

Duration:

  • 3 h 39 min

Language:

English

Categories:

  • Fiction
  • Contemporary fiction

3.5

11 ratings

Agnes

2023-05-25

Hemsk bok. Märklig, trist och bara massa hemskt som händer i den. Otroligt svår att hänga med i handlingen.

Åsa

2021-02-13

Beautiful language and I think I would've enjoyed it even more if I had read it instead of listened to the audio book.

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