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An edition of The God of Small Things (1997)

Le Dieu des Petits Riens

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  • ★★★ ★ 3.80 ·
  • 56 Ratings
  • 911 Want to read
  • 68 Currently reading
  • 76 Have read

Rahel et Estha Kochamma, deux jumeaux de huit ans, vivent en Inde, entourés de leur grand-mère, Mammachi, qui fabrique des confitures trop sucrées, de l'oncle Chacko, un coureur de jupons invétéré, esprit romantique converti au marxisme pour les besoins de son portefeuille, de la grand-tante Baby Kochamma, qui nourrit un amour mystique pour un prêtre irlandais, et de leur mère Ammu, désertée par son mari, qui aime secrètement Velutha, un Intouchable. Un drame va ébranler leur existence et les séparer. Comment réagir quand, à huit ans, on vous somme de savoir «qui aimer, comment et jusqu'où» ? Comment survivre quand, après un événement affreux dont on a été témoin, on vous demande de trahir la vérité pour l'amour d'une mère ? Un récit envoûtant, plein d'humour et d'émotion, servi par une écriture neuve et poétique, qui recrée le monde de l'enfance - celui de l'imaginaire et de la liberté.
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Gallimard
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French
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Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction, dalit, Catholicism, fraternal twins, Psychological fiction, Domestic fiction, award:man_booker_prize=1997, Fiction, Romance, Twins, Gemelos, Twins in fiction, Literatura de expressão inglesa, Romans, Downing, Cousins, Romans, nouvelles, Man Booker Prize Winner, Classes sociales, India in fiction, Literatura indiana, Social classes, Roman indien (de l'Inde) de langue anglaise, Jumeaux, Family, Social classes in fiction, Ficción, Clases sociales, open_syllabus_project, Literatura de expressäao inglesa, Medicine in Literature, Large type books, French language, Littérature de l'Inde (anglaise), Roman de l'Inde (anglais), Literatura india (Inglés), India, fiction, Fiction, psychological, Twins, fiction, Fiction, family life, Fiction, family life, general, English literature, Fiction, general
People
Esthappen, Rahel, Ammu Ipe, Mammachi, Handel, Chacko, Navomi Ipe, Pappachi, Margaret, Father Mulligan, Sophie, Velutha, Estha, collectionID:ConroeChallenge
Places
India, Inde, Kerala, Ayemenem, Calcutta, England, America
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20e siècle, 1969, 1993

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Copyright Date
1997
Translation Of
The God of Small Things
Translated From
English

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Library of Congress
PR9499.3 R62 G614 1998

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Format
Paperback
Pagination
386p.
Number of pages
389
Dimensions
8.2 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches
Weight
1.7 pounds

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OL8840743M
Internet Archive
ledieudespetitsr0000roya
ISBN 10
2070747972
ISBN 13
9782070747979
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2961
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454810

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The God of Small Things is the debut novel of Indian writer Arundhati Roy. It is a story about the childhood experiences of fraternal twins whose lives are destroyed by the "Love Laws" that lay down "who should be loved, and how. And how much." The book explores how the small things affect people's behavior and their lives. The book also reflects its irony against casteism, which is a major discrimination that prevails in India. It won the Booker Prize in 1997.

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