Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things

<p>On publication Arundhati Roy's first novel <em>The God of Small Things</em> (1997) rapidly became an international bestseller winning the Booker Prize and creating a new space for Indian literature and culture within the arts even as it courted controversy and divided critical opinion.</p> <p>This guide to Roy's ground-breaking novel offers: </p> <ul> <li>an accessible introduction to the text and contexts of <em>The God of Small Things</em> </li> <li>a critical history surveying the many interpretations of the text from publication to the present </li> <li>a selection of new essays and reprinted critical essays by Padmini Mongia Aijaz Ahmad Brinda Bose Anna Clarke Émilienne Baneth-Nouailhetas and Alex Tickell on <em>The God of Small Things</em> providing a range of perspectives on the novel and extending the coverage of key critical approaches identified in the survey section </li> <li>cross-references between sections of the guide in order to suggest links between texts contexts and criticism </li> <li>suggestions for further reading. </li></ul> <p>Part of the <em>Routledge Guides to Literature</em> series this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of <em>The God of Small Things</em> and seeking not only a guide to the novel but a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds Roy's text.</p>