The God of Small Things in On Paths Unknown

Mar 30, 2017 Ted rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: have, lit-india, social-justice

She remained sitting for awhile. Long after the song had ended. Then suddenly she rose from her chair and walked out of her world like a witch. To a better, happier place.

Arundhati Roy (1951- )

It’s been twenty years since the book was published. It changed the author’s life. It may have changed some readers’ lives also. Who can tell?

I don’t care to try to actually review the book. What I thought of it is revealed by the rating.

The structure of the narrative is a work of wonderful artistry though ...more

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May 06, 2014 Poet Gentleness rated it it was amazing

Shelves: beauties, political, indian, to-be-re-read, books-that-make-u-think

Everything out of the ordinary.

It's ten-to-two.
It's ten-to-two on Rahel's painted watch.
It’s ten-to-two on Rahel’s painted watch which lies under the revolved earth of The History House in the Heart of the Darkness.

It’ll be always ten-to-two on the stillness of Roy’s book as the derailed freight train of her story slams into our hearts.
It’ll be always ten-to-two when Sorrow, Pain, Unrequited Love, Too Much Love, and Unbearable, yet Understandable, Truths of Life collapse from their wagons a ...more

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Jul 10, 2013 Jannine Robinson rated it liked it

Had this on my bookshelf for nearly 8 years without getting past the first 10 pages! The story was not what I had expected and the time changes in the narrative sometimes had me rereading parts but I was glad I persevered and gave it my full attention. I like the way she presents the Indian landscape and scenery and admire her use of language. A harrowing story, true. But an interesting presentation of a messed up family, forbidden love and the Indian caste system post 1947.

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