I am starting 'The God of Small Things' by Arundhati Roy today. This is a story of family saga, forbidden love, and political drama in Indian. The story deals with how the lives of twin boys change when their cousin arrives one day. I don't really know too much about this story, but others have read it and said it is really good. I have heard that is a powerful and disturbing read at times, but is too good to not read.
This will be my last book in the quarterly Asian theme. While I have been enjoying the last few Asian Lit reads, it will be nice to go back to some random reading for awhile.
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I will definitely have to read this...one day.
ReplyDeleteApparently the twins are a boy and a girl. I couldn't tell from the names. It's interesting already and I'm only on page 10.
ReplyDeleteI finished this book last night. The storyline of this book was a little confusing at times and most of the political talk went over my head, but overall I thought it was a very creative story. I felt so sad for the children in this book. It just seemed like they had very little happiness in their lives even before the "terror" set in. I think what I gained the most for this story is the idea that tragedy can effect everyone. The family in this book had a better economic status than most, but that didn't mean that they were happier or tragedy couldn't strike. I think this was a great choice for an end to the Asian Lit theme.
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