Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things: A Critical Appraisal

by Amar Nath Prasad

Analyzes Arundhati Roy's The God Of Small Things, focusing on the author's life, novel concept, themes, and character evaluation based on psychological principles. Highlights author's sympathetic attitude towards the weak and persecuted in society.

Genres: Fiction

286 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 2005

About the author

Dr. Amar Nath Prasad who teaches English Literature at University, P.G. Dept. of English, J.P. University, Chapra (Bihar) is a well-know editor and author. He has to his credit four authored books and a dozen edited books. His area of interest is Indian Writing in English. He did his Ph.D. on the work of Arundhati Roy.

Reviews

[Barbra Luce-turner]

Roy's book has been one of my favorite novels about India. Since my reading group is reading and discussing an Indian novel each week until the middle of July, I was interested in this critique when I saw it on my local library shelf. I found it largely disappointing but there were enough small gems to give it an average rating.