Abstract
Arundhati Roy is best known for The God of Small Things (1997), her first and only novel to date. Drawing on Roy's childhood in the southern Indian state of Kerala, and combining aspects of the fairy tale, pastoral lyric, tragedy, and political fable, the novel represents a milestone in the stylistic development of South Asian literature in English. Roy's highly poetic language and the originality of her child‐centered narrative perspective are memorable features of the work. Coinciding fortuitously with India's fiftieth anniversary celebrations the year it was published, The God of Small Things won the Booker Prize, became an international bestseller, and has been translated into 18 languages.
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