The God of Small Things (English, Hardcover, Arundhati Roy)

“The God of Little Things” is the three-generation story of a family from the Kerala region of southern India, scattered all over the world and reunited in their homeland. A story made of many stories. The stories of twins Estha and Rahel, born in 1962, amid news of a lost war. That of his mother Ammu, who loves at night the man whom children love by day, and of Velutha, the untouchable god of little things. Grandma Mammachi, the matriarch whose body bears scars from Pappachi’s violence. Uncle Chacko’s, who longs for the visit of his former English wife, Margaret, and their daughter, Sophie Mol. His younger great-aunt, Baby Kochamma, resigned to postpone his earthly love for the Father for eternity. Mulligan
These are the short stories of a family living in a troubled time and of a country whose essence seems eternal. Where only the little things are said and the big things remain unsaid.
“The God of Little Things” is a passionate family saga that, through its ripples of magical realism, has led critics to compare Arundhati Roy with Salmon Rushdie and García Márquez.

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