Binding: Paperback
Description: On publication Arundhati Roy's first novel The God of Small Things (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. This guide to Roy's ground - breaking novel offers: an accessible introduction to the text and contexts of The God of Small Things a critical history surveying the many interpretations of the text from publication to the present a selection of new essays and reprinted critical essays by Padmini Mongia Aijaz Ahmad Brinda Bose Anna Clarke milienne Baneth - Nouailhetas and Alex Tickell on The God of Small Things providing a range of perspectives on the novel and extending the coverage of key critical approaches identified in the survey section cross - references between sections of the guide in order to suggest links between texts contexts and criticism suggestions for further reading. Part of the Routledge Guides to Literature series this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of The God of Small Things 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.
Title: Arundhati Roy's The God Of Small Things A Routledge Study Guide
Author(s): Tickell Alex (University Of Portsmouth Uk)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780415358439
Pages: 200 Pages
Publication Date: 4/1/2007
Series: Routledge Guides to Literature
Category: Literary Studies: Post-Colonial Literature