The God of Small Things

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Arundhati Roy. The God of Small Things

Copyright

Praise

Contents

1 Paradise Pickles & Preserves

2 Pappachi’s Moth

3 Big Man the Laltain, Small Man the Mombatti

4 Abhilash Talkies

5 God’s Own Country

6 Cochin Kangaroos

7 Wisdom Exercise Notebooks

8 Welcome Home, Our Sophie Mol

9 Mrs Pillai, Mrs Eapen, Mrs Rajagopalan

10 The River in the Boat

11 The God of Small Things

12 Kochu Thomban

13 The Pessimist and the Optimist

14 Work is Struggle

15 The Crossing

16 A Few Hours Later

17 Cochin Harbour Terminus

18 The History House

19 Saving Ammu

20 The Madras Mail

21 The Cost of Living

Acknowledgments

About the Author

About the Publisher

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ARUNDHATI ROY

The God of Small Things

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In the old house on the hill, Baby Kochamma sat at the dining table rubbing the thick, frothy bitterness out of an elderly cucumber. She was wearing a limp, checked, seersucker nightgown with puffed sleeves and yellow turmeric stains. Under the table she swung her tiny, manicured feet, like a small child on a high chair. They were puffy with oedema, like little foot-shaped air cushions. In the old days whenever anybody visited Ayemenem, Baby Kochamma made it a point to call attention to their large feet. She would ask to try on their slippers and say, ‘Look how big for me they are!’ Then she would walk around the house in them, lifting her sari a little so that everybody could marvel at her tiny feet.

She worked on the cucumber with an air of barely concealed triumph. She was delighted that Estha had not spoken to Rahel. That he had looked at her and walked straight past. Into the rain. As he did with everyone else.

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