The beloved debut novel about an affluent Indian family forever changed by one fateful day in 1969, from the author of The Ministry of Utmost Happiness NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • MAN BOOKER PRIZE WINNER Compared favorably to the works of ...
A debut novel of dark foreboding and family tragedy that won the prestigious Booker Prize traces the decline of one family in Southern India in the late sixties, which begins with an episode of forbidden love. Reprint. Tour.
Immediately. It’s that haunting.”—USA Today Compared favorably to the works of Faulkner and Dickens, Arundhati Roy’s modern classic is equal parts powerful family saga, forbidden love story, and piercing political drama.
It had been his dream to sing on the Donahue show , he said , not realizing that he had just been robbed of that too . There are big dreams and little ones . ' Big Man the Laltain sahib , Small Man the Mombatti , ' an old Bihari coolie ...
A story of the tragedy that wrecks an already dysfunctional family in India in the 1960s. The story focuses on the lives of a brother and sister who are twins and whose childhood is further marred by the death of a cousin.
This Is Followed By An Analysis Of The Main Characters Who Have Their Own Story To Tell. The Novel Is Also Considered As A Critique Of The Contemporary Society.
There were times I had to stop reading this novel because I feared so much for the characters, or I had to re read a phrase or a page to memorise its grace.MEERA SYAL, 'Daily Express' It is rare to find a book that so effectively cuts ...
Immediately. It’s that haunting.”—USA Today Compared favorably to the works of Faulkner and Dickens, Arundhati Roy’s modern classic is equal parts powerful family saga, forbidden love story, and piercing political drama.
"They all crossed into forbidden territory. They all tampered with the laws that lay down who should be loved and how. And how much." The year is 1969. In the...
The Present Book Examines The Novel Sociologically And Answers All These Questions Well.The Book Also Shows That The Novelist Cares For The Neglected In The Society Like Women, Children And Dalits And Even The Environment.
"A banquet for all the senses," said "Newsweek" of this bestselling and Booker Prize-winning literary novel--a richly textured first book about the tragic decline of one family whose members suffer the terrible consequences of forbidden ...