The God of Small Things

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Booker Prize-winning work debut novel novel

The God of Small Things is Arundhati Roy’s Booker Prize–winning debut novel, a nonlinear family saga set in Kerala that explores forbidden love, caste, and political turmoil.

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The God of Small Things canonical 21
The God of Small Things (1997 novel) 2
Estha and Rahel 1

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instanceOf Booker Prize-winning work ⓘ
debut novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author Arundhati Roy ⓘ
awarded Booker Prize ⓘ
awardYear 1997 ⓘ
bestsellerStatus bestseller ⓘ
countryOfOrigin India ⓘ
criticalReception internationally acclaimed ⓘ
dealsWith communism in Kerala ⓘ
gender and patriarchy ⓘ
postcolonial politics ⓘ
genre family saga ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ
political novel ⓘ
postcolonial fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptationStatus no major film adaptation as of 2024 ⓘ
ISBN 9780679457312 ⓘ
literaryMovement contemporary Indian English literature ⓘ
mainCharacters Ammu ⓘ
Baby Kochamma ⓘ
Chacko ⓘ
Estha ⓘ
Rahel ⓘ
Sophie Mol ⓘ
Velutha ⓘ
narrativeStructure nonlinear ⓘ
notableFor critique of caste system ⓘ
innovative language ⓘ
portrayal of Syrian Christian community in Kerala ⓘ
use of child perspective ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
pageCount approximately 340 ⓘ
publicationYear 1997 ⓘ
publisher Flamingo ⓘ
IndiaInk ⓘ
Random House ⓘ
setInTimePeriod 1960s ⓘ
1990s ⓘ
settingCountry India ⓘ
settingLocation Kerala ⓘ
theme caste ⓘ
childhood ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ
forbidden love ⓘ
forbidden relationships across caste ⓘ
memory ⓘ
political turmoil ⓘ
social inequality ⓘ

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