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The God of Small Things

Von: Arundhati Roy
Gesprochen von: Aysha Kala
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Winner of the 1997 Booker Prize. The richly exotic story of the childhood the twins Esthappen and Rahel craft for themselves amongst India’s vats of banana jam and mountains of peppercorns.

Here, perhaps, is the greatest Indian novel by a woman. Arundhati Roy’s ‘The God of Small Things’ is an astonishingly rich, fertile novel, teeming with life, colour, heart-stopping language, wry comedy and a hint of magical realism.

Set against a background of political turbulence in Kerala, Southern India, ‘The God of Small Things’ tells the story of twins Esthappen and Rahel. Amongst the vats of banana jam and heaps of peppercorns in their grandmother’s factory, they try to craft a childhood for themselves amidst what constitutes their family – their lonely, lovely mother, their beloved Uncle Chacko (pickle baron, radical Marxist and bottom-pincher) and their avowed enemy Baby Kochamma (ex-nun and incumbent grand-aunt).

 Asien Belletristik Coming of Age Familienleben Politik

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‘Richly deserving the rapturous praise it has received on both sides of the Atlantic…“The God of Small Things” achieves a genuine tragic resonance. It is, indeed, a masterpiece.’ Observer

‘“The God of Small Things” genuinely is a masterpiece, utterly exceptional in every way, and there can be little doubt that posterity will place it very near the top of any shortlist of Indian novels published this century.’ William Dalyrmple, Harpers and Queen.

‘The quality of Ms. Roy’s narration is so extraordinary – at once so morally strenuous and so imaginatively supple – that the reader remains enthralled all the way through to its agonizing finish…it evokes in the reader a feeling of gratitude and wonderment.’ New York Times
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The words and the way they were read left me in disbelief that something as beautiful as this exists in the world.

Don't have words anymore

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Such a great book. I wish the reader took time to familiarise herself with the pronunciation of the names (at least the main characters) and the few Malayalam- dialogues. Throughout the book the main characters names are annoyingly wrongly pronounced. The book itself amazing. Such a wonderful writing style. Such a gripping story.

Excellent book. Poor pronunciation.

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I don't usually find the time to write book reviews, but this time I feel I have to. I found it hard to get into the story at the beginning, but then I absolutely loved it. It is a great story, beautifully written and also very beautifully read. You can find everything in it, life and death, love and hate, tenderness and violence, light and darkness. I laughed and cried at the same time. I wished it hadn't ended.

Loved everything about this audiobook

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Musste mich anfangs etwas reinhören, aber anschließend hat es mich gefesselt und ich habe eine Nacht durch-gehört.

Anfangs etwas gewöhnungsbedürftig...

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This is a sad, gripping story beautifully told and read. I loved the language and was fascinated by the vivid portrayal of the cultural background of the story.

Gripping

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