Arundhati Roy's The god of small things /
Arundhati Roy
- London, United Kingdom : Flamingo, c1997
- 339 pages ; 18 cm.
1. Paradise pickles & preserve -- 2. Pappachi's moth -- 3. Big man the laltain, small man the mombatti -- 4. Abhilash talkies -- 5. God's own country -- 6. Cochin kangaroos -- 7. Wisdom exercise notebooks -- 8. Welcome home, our sophie mol -- 9. Mrs pillai, mrs eapen, mrs rajagopalan -- 10. The river in the boat -- 11. The God of small things -- 12. Kochu thomban -- 13. The pessimist and the optimist -- 14. Work is struggle -- 15. The crossing -- 16. A few hours later -- 17. Cochin harbour house -- 18. The history house -- 19. Saving mama -- 20. The madras mail -- 21. The cost of living.
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.