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Literary Fiction · MelancholicTwins in Kerala remember the week that destroyed their family
The God of Small Things
1997Moderate readSlow pace
★ Booker Prize, 1997
Twins and a family's tragedy in Kerala
Estha and Rahel are seven-year-old twins living in Ayemenem, Kerala. A visit by their cousin Sophie Mol leads to events that break up their family, and the story moves between 1969 and the twins' reunion twenty-three years later. It was Roy's first novel and won the 1997 Booker Prize.
More about this book
Who
Estha and Rahel, their mother Ammu and the rest of their family.
World
Ayemenem in Kerala, southern India.
What makes it different
It is told out of order, with a child's vivid language.
Feel
Lush and sad.
Page count and cover shown for: Selected edition
Further reading
- The God of Small ThingsWikipedia