{"product_id":"the-god-of-small-things","title":"The God of Small Things: A Novel by Arundhati Roy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBOOKER PRIZE WINNER - \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003ci\u003e - \u003c\/i\u003eAn affluent Indian family is forever changed by one fateful day in 1969, from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ministry of Utmost Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eThe God of Small Things\u003c\/i\u003e] offers such magic, mystery, and sadness that, literally, this reader turned the last page and decided to reread it. Immediately. It's that haunting.\"--\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCompared favorably to the works of Faulkner and Dickens, Arundhati Roy's modern classic is equal parts powerful family saga, forbidden love story, and piercing political drama. The seven-year-old twins Estha and Rahel see their world shaken irrevocably by the arrival of their beautiful young cousin, Sophie. It is an event that will lead to an illicit liaison and tragedies accidental and intentional, exposing \"big things [that] lurk unsaid\" in a country drifting dangerously toward unrest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLush, lyrical, and unnerving, \u003ci\u003eThe God of Small Things\u003c\/i\u003e is an award-winning landmark that started for its author an esteemed career of fiction and political commentary that continues unabated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\"Dazzling . . . as subtle as it is powerful.\" \u003cb\u003e--Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The quality of Ms. Roy's narration is so extraordinary--at once so morally strenuous and so imaginatively supple--that the reader remains enthralled all the way through.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A novel of real ambition must invent its own language, and this one does.\" \u003cb\u003e--John Updike, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Outstanding. A glowing first novel.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Splendid and stunning.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArundhati Roy\u003c\/strong\u003e was trained as an architect. She has worked as a production designer and written the screenplays for two films. She lives in New Delhi. This is her first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRandom House Trade\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date: December 16, 2008\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e0.79\" H x 8.1\" L x 5.22\" W\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e352 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44219262042298,"sku":"9780812979657","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/61ACfrLK0EL._SL1200.jpg?v=1726931477","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/the-god-of-small-things","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}