The God of Small Things is an ambitious work that addresses universal themes ranging from religion to biology. Roy stresses throughout the novel that great and small themes are interconnected and that historical events and seemingly unrelated details have far-reaching consequences throughout a community and country.

Immediately recognized as a passionate, sophisticated, and lushly descriptive work, it won Britain’s prestigious Booker Prize.

After its publication in 1997, Roy began to work as a political activist, writing essays and giving speeches on a variety of issues, including capitalist globalisation, the rights of oppressed groups, and the negative influence of United States culture and governmental policy on the rest of the world. She has been imprisoned for her positions and activism, but she continues to fight for a variety of liberal causes. Roy received the Sydney Peace Prize in November of 2004.

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