Posted by LadyPurple on 14/4/2008, 9:27:22, in reply to "The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy"
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I read it a few years ago and the memory is vague on details. I do recall though that I liked the book a lot. As you say, very skillful and poetic writing.
Friederike
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: I finished this book today. Very good book. Very
: skillful, very poetic writing. In fact, the whole book
: was like a poem in prose.
:
: Very merciless. There are people like Baby Kochamma, I
: am not at all surprised by her behaviour.
:
: The twins incest was hard to take. Initially, the
: social wiring in me made me think that Rahel and
: Estha's crime was bigger than the crimes of India,
: crimes of the police and the crimes of the
: dysfunctional family. But after thinking about it for
: a while, I realized that these two marginalized and
: tormented children did nothing worse than what the
: system or what their family did.
:
: It was a sad story. beautifully written.
:
: Lale
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