Not such a small thing after all….

Arundhati Roy begins her first and only novel The God of Small Things, with what seems to be a short story or synopsis of events that effectively shape a young girls life. Through the narrative of seven-year-old Rahel, Roy more thoroughly goes on to describe the conflict and tragedies of Rahel’s family, including her twin [...]

A Little Something for Everyone.

Brendan Brooks

The God of Small Things is as much a story of style as it is about the people within the novel. The characters as a matter of fact were very much secondary to my reading. As much as I cared for Estha, Rahel and the trauma of their lives and circumstance I didn’t feel [...]

The God of Small Things: Class Struggles and Love-Laws

The God of Small Things is a novel written by Arundhati Roy about two-egg twins, Esthappen and Rahel, and the pivotal events surrounding the tragic death-by-drowning of their newly acquainted English cousin Sophie Mol. Set in Kerala, India in the post-colonial era of the 1960’s, the God of Small Things brings forward many themes including [...]