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Arundhati Roy
The God of Small Things (Collins Modern Classics)

Arundhati Roy
The God of Small Things (Collins Modern Classics)

2022 | Nakladatelství HarperCollins Publishers UK

Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure for generations to come. He folded his fear into a perfect rose. He held it out in the palm of his han…d. She took it from him and put it in her hair Estha and Rahel, seven-year-old twins, are growing up amidst vats of banana jam, mountains of peppercorns and scenes of political turbulence in Kerala. But when their beautiful young cousin Sophie arrives, their world is irrevocably shaken. An illicit liaison and tragedies both accidental and intentional expose things that lurk unsaid, in a country drifting dangerously towards unrest. Winner of the Booker Prize, The God of Small Things is lush, lyrical and unnerving: a literary sensation and a modern classic. 'A voice of breathtaking beauty... a masterpiece' Observer Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure for generatio…ns to come. He folded his fear into a perfect rose. He held it out in the palm of his hand. She took it from him and put it in her hair Estha and Rahel, seven-year-old twins, are growing up amidst vats of banana jam, mountains of peppercorns and scenes of political turbulence in Kerala. But when their beautiful young cousin Sophie arrives, their world is irrevocably shaken. An illicit liaison and tragedies both accidental and intentional expose things that lurk unsaid, in a country drifting dangerously towards unrest. Winner of the Booker Prize, The God of Small Things is lush, lyrical and unnerving: a literary sensation and a modern classic. 'A voice of breathtaking beauty... a masterpiece' Observer

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O knize

Stav:	Dobrý, až velmi dobrý
Vazba:	brožovaná
Počet stran:	340
Jazyk:	česky , anglicky
ISBN10:	0008556172
ISBN:	9780008556174
Vydání:	1
Vystaveno:	5. 6. 2026 12:22
Číslo položky:	1782712

O autorovi

Arundhati Roy

Suzanna Arundhati Roy je spisovatelka a aktivistka která v roce 1997 vyhrála cenu Booker Prize , filmu založenému na jejích zážitcích coby studentky architektury, režírovaném jejím současným manželem a k Electric Moon ; v obou též hrála. Roy přitáhla pozornost v roce 1994, kdy kritizovala film Bandit Queen Shekhara Kapura, popisující život banditky Phoolan Devi.

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