| Description |
333 pages : portrait ; 21 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
Random House reader's circle |
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Reader's circle (Random House (Firm))
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| Contents |
Paradise pickles & preserves -- Pappachi's moth -- Big man the Laltain, 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 -- Pessismist and the optimist -- Work is a struggle -- Crossing -- Few hours later -- Cochin harbor terminus -- History house -- Saving Ammu -- Madras mail -- Cost of living |
| Summary |
In 1969 in Kerala, India, Rahel and her twin brother, Estha, struggle to forge a childhood for themselves amid the destruction of their family life, as they discover that the entire world can be transformed in a single moment |
| Notes |
Copyright © 1997 by Arundhati Roy |
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Originally published in the United States: New York : Random House, 1997 |
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Reading group guide copyright © 2008 by Random House, Inc |
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Booker Prize, 1997 |
| Subject |
Social classes -- India -- Fiction.
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Twins -- Fiction.
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| SUBJECT |
India -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008104233
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Kerala (India) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79055067 -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562
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| Genre/Form |
Novels.
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| ISBN |
0812979656 (paperback) |
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1606865617 (hardback) |
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9780812979657 (paperback) |
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9781606865613 (hardback) |
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