The following book has been written by Arundhati Roy , way back in 1997. This was her 1st novel. Lately,she has been one of the contributers of the book We Are One: A Celebration of Tribal Peoples, released in October 2009. The God of small Things was awarded by Booker Prize in 1997 for its literary excellance. The novel reflects the childhood experiences of the twins "Esthappen & Rahel" who became victim of circumstances.The story moves in flashback & flash-forward.
The story starts from village Ayemenem , located in Kerala. Rahel & Estha are two egged twins whom 'Dizygotic' doctors called as born from separate but simultaneously fertilized eggs.The twins thought themselves together as me ,& separately ,individually as we or us.As they were a rarebreed ,physically different ,but with same identities.They used to have dreams about each other. The childhood hums with antagonism ,family pains bereavement.
Blind Mammachi , the twins' blind grandmother & founder of the 'The Paradise & Pickles ' suffers from her highly respected husband. Mammachi falls in love with Irish Roman Catholic Priest & converted to his faith to win him ,but eventually , he converts himself to Hinduism. Mammachi's son Chako is divorced from his wife (she's an English ) & separated from his daughter , works in Paradise & Pickles. A communist at heart , flirting & sleeping with female employees .Ammu's twins mother ,divorced from his alcoholic husband.
The family tragedy revolves around Sophie mol (Chako's ex-wife) ,Estha experiencing horrible things in his childhood. The death of Sophie mol & the twins faith uncle Velutha ,thus, altering their lives for forever.
Although the book contains blend of family emotions &tragedies faced by the young twins,properly atriculating their feelings & hardships,but,yet it's one of the difficult book for average readers. The author has preferred to express her feelings succinctly by throwing appropriate light upon each character. The book accumulates the beauty of language & thoughts, twisted & reshaped with absolute perfect sort of precision.
The story starts from village Ayemenem , located in Kerala. Rahel & Estha are two egged twins whom 'Dizygotic' doctors called as born from separate but simultaneously fertilized eggs.The twins thought themselves together as me ,& separately ,individually as we or us.As they were a rarebreed ,physically different ,but with same identities.They used to have dreams about each other. The childhood hums with antagonism ,family pains bereavement.
Blind Mammachi , the twins' blind grandmother & founder of the 'The Paradise & Pickles ' suffers from her highly respected husband. Mammachi falls in love with Irish Roman Catholic Priest & converted to his faith to win him ,but eventually , he converts himself to Hinduism. Mammachi's son Chako is divorced from his wife (she's an English ) & separated from his daughter , works in Paradise & Pickles. A communist at heart , flirting & sleeping with female employees .Ammu's twins mother ,divorced from his alcoholic husband.
The family tragedy revolves around Sophie mol (Chako's ex-wife) ,Estha experiencing horrible things in his childhood. The death of Sophie mol & the twins faith uncle Velutha ,thus, altering their lives for forever.
Although the book contains blend of family emotions &tragedies faced by the young twins,properly atriculating their feelings & hardships,but,yet it's one of the difficult book for average readers. The author has preferred to express her feelings succinctly by throwing appropriate light upon each character. The book accumulates the beauty of language & thoughts, twisted & reshaped with absolute perfect sort of precision.
