The debut novel from Indian author Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things was published almost 30 years ago. In the years since its release, the book has been a New York Times Bestseller and earned considerable critical acclaim (including winning the Booker Prize in 1997).
Our Classic Book Discussion Group will read and discuss The God of Small Things in March 2026.
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BOOK DESCRIPTION
Compared favorably to the works of Faulkner and Dickens, Arundhati Roy’s modern classic is equal parts powerful family saga, forbidden love story, and piercing political drama. The seven-year-old twins Estha and Rahel see their world shaken irrevocably by the arrival of their beautiful young cousin, Sophie. It is an event that will lead to an illicit liaison and tragedies accidental and intentional, exposing “big things [that] lurk unsaid” in a country drifting dangerously toward unrest.
Lush, lyrical, and unnerving, The God of Small Things is an award-winning landmark that started for its author an esteemed career of fiction and political commentary that continues unabated.
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Copies of The God of Small Things can be picked up from the Book Discussion Shelf on our first floor, and it’s also available to download through Libby/Overdrive as an ebook.
An in-person discussion of The God of Small Things will be held at the library on Thursday, March 26, at 6:00 PM. No registration is required to attend.
Published on March 4, 2026.
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