false 17075659 907307 9777 0679457313 9780679457312 1956 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166054170m/9777.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166054170s/9777.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9777.The_God_of_Small_Things 3.93 16968 The God of Small Things is nominally the story of young twins Rahel and Estha and the rest of their family, but the book feels like a million stories spinning out indefinitely; it is the product of a genius child-mind that takes everything in and transforms it in an alchemy of poetry. The God of Small Things is at once exotic and familiar to the Western reader, written in an English that's completely new and invigorated by the Asian Indian influences of culture and language.]]> 6134 3.94 24049 2667 1997 5 0 false Wed Mar 05 08:28:41 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 05 08:30:00 -0800 2008