Study Guide to The God of Small Things

... Study Guide to The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy (Flamingo, 1997) Key Concepts Boundaries, morality, history, love, death, family relationships, fear, guilt. Summary The God of Small Things is the story of a family in India whose members transgress accepted boundaries in various ways and the tragic events that result. Estha and Rahel are twins whose cousin comes from England to stay. While there she dies and the twins hold themselves responsible. They also hold themselves responsible for the death of an Untouchable employee of the family firm who has befriended them and who, though they didn't realise it, had begun an affair with their mother. The twins are separated from each other and from their mother after this and struggle through life until they come back together twenty three years later. Cultural significance This was the 1997 Booker Prize winner. Sales have remained very high-over a quarter of a million copies have now

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