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The God of Small Things is a novel written by Arundhati Roy and published in 1997. The novel follows twin brother and sister Estha and Rahel, and the events that build up to and follow the drowning death of their cousin while all three are children. Though the novel ostensibly deals with the interpersonal complexities of one Indian family, it delves deeply into questions of social and cultural boundaries-particularly the long shadow of the Indian caste system and its limitations on who one can and should love. The novel is notable for its non-chronological framework which makes extensive use of flashbacks and flashforwards to highlight the interconnectedness of the various events, both big and small, that shape Estha and Rahel's lives. The God of Small Things is the most widely-sold novel ever to come out of India. The novel won The Man Booker Prize for Fiction.
