The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy | Resources

The God of Small Things For Further Reading

Dodiya, Jaydipsinh, and Joya Chakravarty, The Critical Studies of Arundhati Roy's "The God of Small Things," Atlantic Publishers & Distributors, 1999.

This collection, published in New Delhi, is the earliest book-length volume of criticism on Roy's novel.

Eder, Richard, "As the World Turns," in Los Angeles Times Book Review, June 1, 1997, p. 2.

Eder provides a mixed review of Roy's novel, praising her evocative depiction of the story and characters but arguing that she loses control over the narrative.

Thornmann, Janet, "The Ethical Subject of The God of Small Things," in Journal for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society, Vol. 8, No. 2, Fall 2003, pp. 299—307.

Thornmann's psychoanalytical interpretation of Roy's novel includes an argument about the applicability of the Oedipal complex to the work.

Truax, Alice, "A Silver Thimble in Her Fist," in the New...
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