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Title:
The god of small things
Author:
Roy, Arundhati.
ISBN:
9780679457312

9780006550686

9780002255868

9780006551096
Personal Author:
Roy, Arundhati.
Publication Information:
New York : Random House, ©1997.
Physical 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.
Abstract:
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.
Subject Term:
Social classes -- Fiction.

Twins -- Fiction.

Psychological fiction.

Domestic fiction.

Social classes -- India -- Fiction.
Geographic Term:
India -- Fiction.
Electronic Access:
Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random057/96039190.html
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/random0412/96039190.html
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