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ROY Arundhati : The God of Small Things

Flamingo, London, 1997

ISBN 0002255863

12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. unclipped dust jacket, minor rubbing to spine ends of book boards, paper stock lightly age toned, front hinge not really cracked but shows some white between the two sheets of pink endpapers, Booker prize winner first work, 340pp UK issue with price in Pounds on flap. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good

First Edition

ROY Arundhati : The God of Small Things

Flamingo, London, 1997

ISBN 0002255863

12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. unclipped DW, minor damp marking showing to book boards and reverse side only of DW, grey endpapers, Booker prize winner first work, 340pp UK issue with price in Pounds on flap, full number line present. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good

First Edition

ROY Arundhati : The God of Small Things

Flamingo, London, 1997

ISBN 0002255863

12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. unclipped DW with one tiny split at head of spine, one small pen name to front fep, grey endpapers, Booker prize winner first work, 340pp UK issue with price in Pounds on flap, full number line present. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good

First Edition

Roy, Arundhati : The God Of Small Things

Random House, New York City, NY, 1997

ISBN 0679457313

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 321 pages. The author's breakthrough debut novel. One of the finest novels of our time. The first appearance of the title in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only that sold out shortly after publication. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Arundhati Roy's "The God of Small Things". A tour-de-force first novel. "Nominally the story of young twins, Rahel and Estha, and the rest of their family, the book feels like a million stories spinning out indefinitely. It is the product of a genius child-mind that takes everything in and transforms it in an alchemy of poetry. At once exotic and familiar, written in an English that's completely new and invigorated by the Indian influences of culture and language" (Publisher's blurb). By any stringent measure, it is a phenomenal achievement by the first-time novelist who did not publish her second novel, "The Ministry of Utmost Happiness", until twenty years later, in 2017. More unnerved than exhilarated by her early success, Arundhati Roy had indicated that the second novel would entail a long period of gestation, which it did indeed. An absolute "must-have" title for Arundhati Roy collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Arundhati Roy. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Unlike her recent signature, this is vintage, signed in full instead of abbreviated. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First American Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: The full number line beginning or ending in 2 (instead of 1) together with the "First Edition" statement were the Random House "true first" indications in the 20th century, stayed that way for the first half of the previous decade, and did not change until 2005/2006, and even then, on an inconsistent basis. A scarce signed copy thus. Winner of the Booker Prize in 1997 for "The God of Small Things". One of the most brilliant writers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ARUNDHATI ROY TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0679457313.

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ROY,ARUNDHATI:** : THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS.**

LONDON.FLAMINGO,1997.

ISBN 0783882963.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj.Negligible shelf wear with no nicks,tears present. Minimal,very light bumping with reciprocal creases to head of spine/backstrip otherwise a sound copy.Contents bright, tight and clean.Author's debut book/novel. Booker Prize winner for 1997. Set in Kerala in the 1960's,this Booker Prize winner follows Ammu's family through both ordinary and tragic events,focusing most memorably on her "two-egg twins," Estha and Rahel.The accidental death by drowning of a visiting English cousin is to have a pivotal effect on their young lives.The novel is told in nonlinear time through a jigsaw of vivid encounters and descriptions,recounted in exquisite prose. The reader pieces together a childhood world,interrupted by adults tragedies and the effect these have on Velutha,the twins' boatman friend who belongs to India's "untouchable" caste.Roy's prose is distinctly rhythmic and poetic,and the overall effect is unique in its sensuality. A champion of the cause of the oppressed, Arundhati Roy has now abandoned writing fiction to devote herself to political activism.[AC.] Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.

ROY, Arundhati : The God Of Small Things

Flamingo, 1997

First U,K Edition. Booker prize winner. A fine unread copy in a fine d.w.

ROY, Arundhati : The God of Small Things

Flamingo,, 1997

A near fine copy (ink name fep) in a near fine d.w., light wear to extremities.

First Edition

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