{"product_id":"9780679457312","title":"The God of Small Things. A Novel. - Roy, Arundhati","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe God of Small Things. A Novel.\u003c\/u\u003e by Roy, Arundhati\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover with Dust Jacket\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished by Random House of Canada, 1997\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"They all crossed into forbidden territory. They all tampered with the laws that lay down who should be loved and how. And how much. \"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe year is 1969. In the state of Kerala, on the southernmost tip of India, a skyblue Plymouth with chrome tailfins is stranded on the highway amid a Marxist workers' demonstration. Inside the car sit two-egg twins Rahel and Esthappen, and so begins their tale. . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArmed only with the invincible innocence of children, they fashion a childhood for themselves in the shade of the wreck that is their family--their lonely, lovely mother, Ammu (who loves by night the man her children love by day), their blind grandmother, Mammachi (who plays Handel on her violin), their beloved uncle Chacko (Rhodes scholar, pickle baron, radical Marxist, bottom-pincher), their enemy, Baby Kochamma (ex-nun and incumbent grandaunt), and the ghost of an imperial entomologist's moth (with unusually dense dorsal tufts).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen their English cousin, Sophie Mol, and her mother, Margaret Kochamma, arrive on a Christmas visit, Esthappen and Rahel learn that Things Can Change in a Day. That lives can twist into new, ugly shapes, even cease forever, beside their river \"graygreen.\" With fish in it. With the sky and trees in it. And at night, the broken yellow moon in it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe brilliantly plotted story uncoils with an agonizing sense of foreboding and inevitability. Yet nothing prepares you for what lies at the heart of it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe God of Small Things takes on the Big Themes--Love. Madness. Hope. Infinite Joy. Here is a writer who dares to break the rules. To dislocate received rhythms and create the language she requires, a language that is at once classical and unprecedented. Arundhati Roy has given us a book that is anchored to anguish, but fueled by wit and magic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eProduct image is for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product offered for sale.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House of Canada, 1997","offers":[{"title":"The God of Small Things. A Novel. \/ Very Good","offer_id":53962464919844,"sku":"9780679457312VG","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/9951\/4148\/files\/public_dfac33f0-2921-4b5d-9e34-f191bc4d20ca.jpg?v=1778882962","url":"https:\/\/brookingsbooks.com\/products\/9780679457312","provider":"Brookings Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}