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The god of small things

Rahel and Estha, two-egg twins, grow up between vats of banana jam and heaps of peppercorns in their blind grandmother Mammachi's factory. With the invincible innocence of children, they fashion a childhood in the shade of the wreck that is their family.

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  • "This is a tale set in Kerala, in Southern India, in 1969. The lives of twins Rahel and Esthappen are changed forever when their English cousin and her mother arrive on a Christmas visit. The story unfolds with foreboding and takes on big themes like love, madness, hope and joy. Winner of the 1997 Booker Prize."
  • "Rahel and Estha, two-egg twins, grow up between vats of banana jam and heaps of peppercorns in their blind grandmother Mammachi's factory. Armed only with the invincible innocence of children, they try to fashion a childhood in the shade of the wreck that is their family. In The God of small things, Arundhati Roy has given us a novel anchored to anguish but fuelled by wit and magic."
  • "Rahel and Estha, two-egg twins, grow up between vats of banana jam and heaps of peppercorns in their blind grandmother Mammachi's factory. With the invincible innocence of children, they fashion a childhood in the shade of the wreck that is their family."@en
  • "When Ammu, divorced and disappointed, returns with the twins to her family home in southern India, their worlds begin to open wider, all the while closing in on them. As the three arrive into the arms of Ammu's eccentric and unforgettable relatives, a tragedy begins to unfold that will propel them toward a fate that has perhaps stalked them from their inception."@en
  • "The story of the tragic decline of an Indian family whose members suffer the terrible consequences of forbidden love, "The God of small things" is set in the state of Kerala, on the southernmost tip of India. Armed only with the invincible innocence of children, the twins Rahel and Esthappen fashion a childhood for themselves in the shade of the wreck that is their family -- their lonely, lovely mother, Ammu (who loves by night the man her children love by day), their blind grandmother, Mammachi (who plays Handel on her violin), their beloved uncle Chacko (Rhodes scholar, pickle baron, radical Marxist, bottom-pincher), their enemy, Baby Kochamma (ex-nun and incumbent grandaunt), and the ghost of an imperial entomologist's moth (with unusually dense dorsal tufts). The brilliantly plotted story uncoils with an agonizing sense of foreboding and inevitability. Yet nothing prepares you for what lies at the heart of it."@en
  • "The story of the tragic decline of an Indian family whose members suffer the terrible consequences of forbidden love, "The God of small things" is set in the state of Kerala, on the southernmost tip of India. Armed only with the invincible innocence of children, the twins Rahel and Esthappen fashion a childhood for themselves in the shade of the wreck that is their family -- their lonely, lovely mother, Ammu (who loves by night the man her children love by day), their blind grandmother, Mammachi (who plays Handel on her violin), their beloved uncle Chacko (Rhodes scholar, pickle baron, radical Marxist, bottom-pincher), their enemy, Baby Kochamma (ex-nun and incumbent grandaunt), and the ghost of an imperial entomologist's moth (with unusually dense dorsal tufts). The brilliantly plotted story uncoils with an agonizing sense of foreboding and inevitability. Yet nothing prepares you for what lies at the heart of it."
  • "The story of an Indian family during the 1969 Communist disturbances in Kerala province. It is told through the eyes of a boy and his sister who are the children of a rich rubber planter. Politics, family drama, illicit love. A debut in fiction."@en
  • "In 1969 in Kerala, India, Rahel and her twin brother 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."@en
  • "Rahel and Estha, two-egg twins, grow up between vats of banana jam and heaps of peppercorns in their blind grandmother's factory. Armed only with the invincible innocence of children, they try to fashion a childhood in the shade of the wreck that is their family."@en
  • "The story of an Indian family during the 1969 Communist disturbances in Kerala province. It is told through the eyes of a boy and his sister who are the children of a rich rubber planter. Politics, family drama, illicit love."@en
  • "Twins Rahel and Estha grow up between vats of banana jam and heaps of peppercorns in the blind grandmother's factory. They try to fashion a childhood in the shade of the wreck that is their family their lonely, lovely mother, their beloved uncle, and their incumbent grand-aunt. They learn that things can change in a day and that lives can twist into new shapes."@en
  • "The year is 1969. In the state of Kerala, on the southernmost tip of India, a skyblue plymouth is stranded on the highway amid a Marxist workers' demonstration. Inside the car sit two-egg twins Rachel and Esthappen, and so begins their tale ... armed only with the invincible innocence of children, they fashion a childhood for themselves in the shade of the wreck that is their family. When they are visited by their English cousin they learn that things can change in a day."@en
  • "Born from two eggs in the one womb of their beloved mother Ammu, Rahel and Esthappen have little to cling to but each other, and the occasional joy that passes through their young lives like a cool breeze on a sweltering Indian day. When Ammu, divorced and disappointed, returns with the twins to her family home in southern India, their worlds begin to open wider, all the while closing in on them. As the three arrive into the arms of Ammu's eccentric and unforgettable relatives, a tragedy begins to unfold that will propel them toward a fate that has perhaps stalked them from their inception. Yet, throughout the pain and hardships of things large and small, the humor, humanity, and ferociously perceptive intelligence only bestowed upon seven-year-olds shines gloriously through. At the core of this extraordinary, bittersweet story is the unforgettable narrative voice of first-time novelist Arundhati Roy, a uniquely talented writer capable of moving us beyond words with the perfect sentence and a profoundly insightful wisdom that far surpasses her years."@en
  • "This is a tale set in Kerala, in southern India, in 1969. The lives of twins Rahel and Esthappen are changed forever when their English cousin and her mother arrive on a Christmas visit. The story unfolds with foreboding and takes on big themes like love, madness, hope and joy. Winner of the 1997 Booker Prize."@en
  • "This is a tale set in Kerala, in southern India, in 1969. The lives of twins Rahel and Esthappen are changed forever when their English cousin and her mother arrive on a Christmas visit. The story unfolds with foreboding and takes on big themes like love, madness, hope and joy. Winner of the 1997 Booker Prize."
  • "Southern India, 1969. In the state of Kerala, twins Rahel and Esthappen fashion a childhood for themselves out of the wreckage that serves them as a family."@en

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  • "Fiction"
  • "Domestic fiction"
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  • "Psychological fiction"
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  • "The God of small things [a novel]"@en
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  • "God of small things cassette pack"@en
  • "The god of small things. (abridged)"
  • "The god of small things : a novel"@en
  • "The god of small things a novel"

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