| Edition |
First HarperPerennial edition. |
| Description |
xii, 321 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
"A hardcover edition of this book was published in 1997 by Random House" -- T.p. verso. |
| Contents |
Paradise pickles & preserves -- Pappachi's moth -- Big man the Laltrain, small man the Mombatti -- Abhilash talkies -- God's own country -- Cochin kangaroos -- Wisdom exercise notebooks -- Welcome home, our Sophie Mol -- Mrs. Pillai, Mrs. Eapen, Mrs. Rajagopalan -- River in the boat -- God of small things -- Kochu Thomban -- Pessismist and the optimist -- Work is a struggle -- Crossing -- Few hours later -- Cochin harbor terminus -- History house -- Saving Ammu -- Madras mail -- Cost of living. |
| Summary |
The story of an Indian family during the 1969 Communist disturbances in Kerala province. It is told through the eyes of a boy and his sister who are the children of a rich rubber planter. Politics, family drama, illicit love. |
| Awards |
Man Booker Prize for Fiction, 1997. |
| Subject |
Social classes -- India -- Fiction.
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Twins -- Fiction.
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India -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Psychological fiction.
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Domestic fiction.
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| Subject |
Cousins -- Fiction.
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Drowning -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Magic realist fiction.
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| ISBN |
0060977493 |
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9780060977498 |
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