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RECORD NUMBER: 68 OF 76Main Title | The god of small things : [a novel] / | ||||||||||||
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Author | Roy, Arundhati, | ||||||||||||
Publisher | HarperPerennial, a division of HarperCollinsPublishers, | ||||||||||||
Year Published | 1998 | ||||||||||||
OCLC Number | 37864514 | ||||||||||||
ISBN | 0060977493 (pbk.); 9780060977498 (pbk.) | ||||||||||||
Subjects | Social classes--India--Fiction ; Twins--Fiction ; Literatura indiana ; Literatura de expressäao inglesa ; Romance | ||||||||||||
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Edition | 1st HarperPerennial ed. | ||||||||||||
Collation | xii, 321 pages ; 21 cm | ||||||||||||
Notes | Subtitle from cover. "A hardcover edition of this book was published in 1997 by Random House"--Title page verso. |
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Contents Notes | Paradise pickles & preserves -- Pappachi's moth -- Big man the Laltrain, small man the Mombatti -- Abhilash talkies -- God's own country -- Cochin kangaroos -- Wisdom exercise notebooks -- Welcome home, our Sophie Mol -- Mrs. Pillai, Mrs. Eapen, Mrs. Rajagopalan -- River in the boat -- God of small things -- Kochu Thomban -- Pessimist and the optimist -- Work is struggle -- Crossing -- Few hours later -- Cochin harbor terminus -- History house -- Saving Ammu -- Madras mail -- Cost of living. The story of an Indian family during the 1969 Communist disturbances in Kerala province. It is told through the eyes of a boy and his sister who are the children of a rich rubber planter. Politics, family drama, illicit love. A debut in fiction. |