Child Psychology, Family Saga, Canadian, Literary, Twins, India, Social classes, Domestic fiction, Psychological fiction, India--Kerala, Families, Indic fiction (English) 

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. 

'They all broke the rules. They all crossed into forbidden territory. They all tampered with the laws that lay down who should be loved, and how. And how much.'  

Genre/Form: Psychological fiction
Domestic fiction
Fiction
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Roy, Arundhati.
God of small things.
New York : Random House, ©1997
(OCoLC)638870614
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Arundhati Roy
ISBN: 0679457313 9780679457312 0006550681 9780006550686 0002255863 9780002255868 0006551092 9780006551096 0060977493 9780060977498
OCLC Number: 35744382
Awards: Man Booker Prize for Fiction, 1997
Description: xii, 321 pages ; 22 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 --
Pessismist and the optimist --
Work is a struggle --
Crossing --
Few hours later --
Cochin harbor terminus --
History house --
Saving Ammu --
Madras mail --
Cost of living.
Responsibility: Arundhati Roy.