The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things
By Arundhati Roy
As the world sinks into pathology, as my kids drift further from me, as I creak towards 53 years—pot-bellied, lonely, strange, starved for affection, grieving lost family life, I ask, Why read novels?
I read The God of all Small Things because, according to a Korean woman who seemed intelligent and who used it to teach her CUNY students, it is a Good Book.
I have developed an allergy to Good Books.
Roy is an annoyingly precious [...]
Posted in Books/Films/Media on April 22nd, 2006 | 
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