The god of small things

Summary: 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.

Item details

ISBN: 0679457313
ISBN: 9780679457312
ISBN: 0006550681
ISBN: 9780006550686
ISBN: 0002255863
ISBN: 9780002255868
ISBN: 0006551092
ISBN: 9780006551096
ISBN: 0060977493
ISBN: 9780060977498
Physical Description: print
xii, 321 pages ; 22 cm
Publisher: New York : Random House, ©1997.

Contents / Notes

Formatted Contents Note:

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.

Awards Note:

Man Booker Prize for Fiction, 1997

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