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A love nurtured in a love womb, patronized by silence, dwelt in broken hearts, doomed by destiny, requited by death, muted by loss, embellish by innocence, envied by heartless, conceived through breathless.
That is what "The God of Small Things" mean. ...more
That is what "The God of Small Things" mean. ...more
May in Ayemenem is a hot, brooding month. The days are long and humid, The river shrinks and black crows gorge on bright mangoes in still, dust green trees. Red bananas ripen. Jackfruits burst. Dissolute bluebottles hum vacuously in the fruity air, Then they stun themselves against clear windowpanes and die, fatly baffled in the Sun. The nights are clear, but suffused with sloth and sullen expectation."
Set in Kerala, a state in Southern tip of India, this is the story of a fractured and an afflu ...more
Set in Kerala, a state in Southern tip of India, this is the story of a fractured and an afflu ...more
Slow and depressing, I kept turning the pages expecting more. And it kept being slow and depressing. And then disturbing. Such a highly reviewed book, I have to say is on my top 10 of books I hate and will never reccommend.
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