Roy, Arundhati.

The god of small things / Arundhati Roy - xii, 321 pages ; 22 cm

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 -- Pessismist and the optimist -- Work is a struggle -- Crossing -- Few hours later -- Cochin harbor terminus -- History house -- Saving Ammu -- Madras mail -- 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

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Social classes--Fiction.
Twins--Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Domestic fiction.


India--Fiction.


Psychological fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Psychological fiction.

PR9499.3.R59 / G63 1997c

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