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The God Of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

The author says 'When I read the book now I can't believe the amount of references there are to small things'. Although her themes – families, love, post-colonial India – are huge, it is the small snatches of experience gathered by the twins Esthappen and Rahel as they grow up in Kerala, and the way that big changes turn on tiny things, that shape the story.

I could half-read,
half-imagine my own scrawl.
'Wish you were here.'
My mark, my will, my need
printed across them all.
Postcards from God

Gimtiaz Dharker, Postcards From God

Born in Pakistan, growing up in Glasgow and living in India, Imtiaz Dharker knows how powerfully poignant glimpses and short scenes can convey her vision. Her evocative black and white drawings illustrate the book. Just as postcards do, her poems are partly reaching out to talk to the reader, and partly 'proof that I was here'.

Postcards From God by Imtiaz Dharker

Pairings & synopses

	High Fidelity | Zoom!
	The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency | The Good Neighbour
	The Family Way | Newborn
	The Algebraist | Spirit Machines
	The God Of Small Things | Postcards From God
	The Night Watch | The Book Of Blood
	Fleshmarket Close | Dead Redhead
	Bridget Jones's Diary | Leaving And Leaving You
	Quite Ugly One Morning | Bad Shaman Blues
	The Shipping News | The Tree House
	Shadow Of The Wind | The Eyes
	Back When We Were Grownups | Granny Scarecrow