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The god of small things : [a novel]

Author: Arundhati Roy
Publisher: New York, NY : HarperPerennial, a division of HarperCollinsPublishers, 1998.
Edition/Format:  Print book : Fiction : English : First HarperPerennial editionView all editions and formats
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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.
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Genre/Form: Psychological fiction
Domestic fiction
Fiction
Romans, nouvelles, etc
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Arundhati Roy
ISBN: 0060977493 9780060977498
OCLC Number: 37864514
Notes: Subtitle from cover.
"A hardcover edition of this book was published in 1997 by Random House"--Title page verso.
Awards: Man Booker Prize for Fiction, 1997
Description: xii, 321 pages ; 21 cm
Contents: Paradise pickles & preserves --
Pappachi's moth --
Big man the Laltain, small man the Mombatti --
Abhilash talkies --
God's own country --
Cochin kangaroos --
Wisdom exercise notebooks --
Welcome home, our Sophie Mol --
Mrs. Pillai, Mrs. Eapen, Mrs. Rajagopalan --
River in the boat --
God of small things --
Kochu Thomban --
Pessimist and the optimist --
Work is struggle --
Crossing --
Few hours later --
Cochin harbor terminus --
History house --
Saving Ammu --
Madras mail --
Cost of living.
Responsibility: Arundhati Roy.

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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.

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