The God of Small Things

Arundhati Roy’s poetic debut novel tells the story of twins Estha & Rahel, & the shocking consequences of a pivotal event in their young lives.

"Offers such magic, mystery & sadness that, literally, this reader turned the last page & decided to reread it. Immediately. It's that hauntingly wonderful." — USA Today

‘They all broke the rules. They all crossed into forbidden territory. They all tampered with the laws that lay down who should be loved, & how. And how much.’

Set in Kerala in the 1960s, the novel paints a vivid picture of life in a rural Indian town, the thoughts & feelings of the two small children, & the complexity and hypocrisy of the adults in their world. It is also a poignant lesson in the destructive power of the caste system & moral & political bigotry in general.

"The quality of Ms Roy's narration is so extraordinary - at once so morally strenuous & so imaginatively supple - that the reader remains enthralled all the way through." — New York Times Book Review

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Arundhati Roy is the author of The God of Small Things, which won the Booker Prize in 1997 & has been translated into more than 40 languages. She also wrote The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, which was long-listed for the Booker Prize 2017. Roy has also published several works of non-fiction, including The Algebra of Infinite Justice, Listening to Grasshoppers, & Broken Republic. She lives in Delhi.