{"product_id":"arundhati-roys-the-god-of-small-things-9780415358439","title":"Arundhati Roys The God of Small Things","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn publication Arundhati Roy's first novel \u003cem\u003eThe God of Small Things\u003c\/em\u003e (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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis guide to Royâs ground-breaking novel offers:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ean accessible introduction to the text and contexts of \u003cem\u003eThe God of Small Things\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ea critical history, surveying the many interpretations of the text from publication to the present \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ea selection of new essays and reprinted critical essays by Padmini Mongia, Aijaz Ahmad, Brinda Bose, Anna Clarke, Ãmilienne Baneth-Nouailhetas and Alex Tickell on \u003cem\u003eThe God of Small Things\u003c\/em\u003e, providing a range of perspectives on the novel and extending the coverage of key critical approaches identified in the survey section \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ecross-references between sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, con\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Text and Contexts\u003c\/strong\u003e The Text. The Author. Cultural Contexts. Literary and Cinematic Contexts.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eChronology\u003cstrong\u003e Part \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2: Cr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eitical History Part \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3: Critical Readings \u003c\/strong\u003ePostcolonial Cultural Studies: \u003cem\u003eThe Making and Marketing of Arundhati Roy\u003c\/em\u003e by Padmini Mongia. Marxist Criticism: \u003cem\u003eReading Arundhati Roy Politically\u003c\/em\u003e by Aijaz Ahmad. Gender, Sexuality and Politics: \u003cem\u003eIn Desire and in Death: Eroticism as Politics in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things\u003c\/em\u003e by Brinda Bose. Language: \u003cem\u003eLanguage, Hybridity and Dialogism in The God of Small Things\u003c\/em\u003e by Anna Clarke. Narrative and Structure: \u003cem\u003eThe Structures of Memory\u003c\/em\u003e by Émilienne Baneth-Nouailhetas. Genre and Performance: \u003cem\u003eThe Epic Side of Truth: Storytelling and Performance in The God of Small Things\u003c\/em\u003e Alex Tickell \u003cstrong\u003ePart 4: Further Reading and Web Resources\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018138878295,"sku":"9780415358439","price":24.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415358439.jpg?v=1750775761","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/arundhati-roys-the-god-of-small-things-9780415358439","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}