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The God of Small Things
- Narrated by: Diana Quick
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
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Winner of the 1997 Booker Prize.
The richly exotic story of the childhood the twins Esthappen and Rahel craft for themselves amongst India’s vats of banana jam and mountains of peppercorns. Now available for the first time on audio download. More magical than Mistry, more of a rollicking good read than Rushdie, more nerve-tingling imagined than Naipaul, here, perhaps, is the greatest Indian novel by a woman. Arundhati Roy has written an astonishingly rich, fertile novel, teeming with life, colour, heart-stopping language, wry comedy and a hint of magical realism.
Set against a background of political turbulence in Kerala, Southern India, The God of Small Things tells the story of twins Esthappen and Rahel. Amongst the vats of banana jam and heaps of peppercorns in their grandmother’s factory, they try to craft a childhood for themselves amidst what constitutes their family: their lonely, lovely mother; their beloved Uncle Chacko (pickle baron, radical Marxist, and bottom-pincher); and their avowed enemy, Baby Kochamma (ex-nun and incumbent grand-aunt).
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- benjameezy
- 19-07-20
Great book, read badly
Beautifully written but DEAR FRIKKIN LORD the narrator is annoying beyond belief. She leaves massive, vacuous pauses between each sentence, so it doesn't flow, it clunks.
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- Maggieann
- 12-03-21
Hadn’t realised it was abridged
I’m sure this is a beautiful book, I bought it not realising it was abridged but it’s made me want to have the complete book
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- G.F.P.
- 31-03-15
Don't neglect small things
It seems like many minor scenes are cut to shrink the over all time so not particularly satisfied by the cutting as the book is about minor scenes or small things
But we have implied indian accents & sensible emphases which makes it impressive
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- Anonymous User
- 22-01-18
Modern day classic
Absolutely beautiful. I first read this book over a decade ago and hearing it narrated was just wonderful.
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- Amazon Customer
- 25-10-16
Waste of time
I was totally bored by this book. I could not gauge where in time I was with the characters. Can't understand why this won the Booker Prize.
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- MRS
- 11-01-14
Huge amount of text cut out!
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This book is truly fantastic, one of a kind. I had the paper version and wanted to listen to the audio book whilst reading. However, I quickly realised that huge chunks of the text had been taken away. It is extremely disappointing considering the fact that if you listen to any of Arundhati Roy's interviews, she clearly states that everything is important in her book, that all sentences have a meaning. Our topic in class was post-colonialism, and this book is perfect for the topic. But taking away huge amounts of the text is dreadful.
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