The God of Small Things Summary
Arundhati Roy

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy Arundhati Roy was born in Shillong, India, in 1960 to a Syrian Christian mother and a Hindu father. The marriage did not last. When Roy was a toddler, her m... Read more

[In the following article, Lyall reports on Roy's winning of the Booker Prize for The God of Small Things.] An Indian writer, Arundhati Roy, was awarded England's prestigious Booker Priz... Read more

[In the following review, the critic commends Roy's "spectacular" first novel.] A brilliantly constructed first novel that untangles an intricate web of sexual and caste conflict ... Read more

[Shapiro is an American journalist. In the following review, she offers praise for The God of Small Things, in particular Roy's playful use of language and development of eccentric characters.]... Read more

[In the following review, Kakutani praises Roy's keen observation of human nature.] The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy's dazzling first novel, begins as a sort of mystery story. What... Read more

[Craig is a South African-born English journalist. In the following review, she contends that, while The God of Small Things suffers from Roy's somewhat overwrought style, the book demonstrates... Read more

In Imagined Communities, Benedict Anderson sets forth his theory of the nation, that "it is an imagined political community - and imagined as both inherently limited and sovereign." The kinds of commu... Read more

Women cross social boundaries under the influences of both traditional and modern values, which often bring them various forms of oppression and abuse. Abuse is a very obvious part of the punishment p... Read more

Time and space have always posed a threat to all creative artists. To move with time is the easiest way. To move back and forth is also not impossible. But to be timeless and space less- this is th... Read more