The God of Small Things
A BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisation
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Arundhati Roy
About this listen
A full-cast BBC Radio dramatisation of Arundhati Roy's Booker Prize-winning novel—plus bonus interview with the author.
Arundhati Roy's debut novel The God of Small Things took the literary world by storm, winning the Booker Prize in 1997. It went on to sell over six million copies in 40 languages, and was named as one of the BBC's 100 'Novels That Shaped Our World' in 2019.
Set in Kerala in both the present and 1969, it tells the compelling tale of fraternal twins Rahel and Estha, whose lives are shattered by the 'Love Laws' that dictate 'who should be loved, and how. And how much'. As children, they are inseparable: so close, they think of themselves as one person. But when they are just seven, everything changes. A terrible tragedy occurs, and, drawn into its devastating repercussions, they are forced apart.
Twenty-three years later, Rahel has moved to America and made a new life. But when she hears that Estha has been 're-returned', she travels to Ayemenem to be with her long-lost, broken brother. As painful memories come flooding back, the heartbreaking events of the twins' childhood gradually unfold, and through flashbacks and flash-forwards, the secrets of their desperately dysfunctional family are revealed....
A powerful story of forbidden cross-caste love and what a community will do to protect the old ways, this enthralling, atmospheric drama stars Yasmin Wilde, Richard Sumitro and Shaheen Khan, and features a haunting soundtrack by internationally renowned musician Nitin Sawhney. Also included is a bonus episode of Radio 4's Bookclub from 2011, in which Arundhati Roy talks to James Naughtie about what was then her only work of fiction. Taking questions from the audience, she discusses the novel's themes and symbolism, and reveals how her training as an architect helped her plan its complex, multi-layered structure.
Production credits:
Written by Arundhati Roy.
Adapted by Tanika Gupta.
Original music by Nitin Sawhney.
Produced by Nadia Molinari.
Cast:
Rahel—Yasmin Wilde
Estha—Richard Sumitro
Young Rahel—Jatlnder Purewal
Young Estha—Shakeel Ahmed
Ammu—Thushani Weerasekera
Velutha—Paul Bhattacharjee
Sophie Mol—Poppy Rush
Chacko—Vincent Ebrahim
Baby Kochamma—Josephine Welcome
Mammachi—Shaheen Khan
Inspector—Matthew Raadrawl
Vellya—Badi Uzzaman
Kochu—Adlyn Ross
Margaret—Slobhan Finneran
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 12th-23rd July 2004.
Bookclub: Arundhati Roy—The God of Small Things
With James Naughtie and Arundhati Roy.
Produced by Dymphna Flynn.
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 2nd October 2011.
©2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2022 BBC Studios Distribution LtdWhat listeners say about The God of Small Things
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- Saksham Sharma
- 24-10-24
The dramatisation does the job for me..
Just 3 words to describe this book - Beautiful, satisfying and unmissable.
I delayed starting it, you should not.
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- Vamanayana
- 13-09-23
Rawness Narrativized
To this day, I have never experienced a story so raw in its descriptions and depictions. It has been weeks after listening to this audio book and I can still feel the pain from the tugs that this story made at my heart strings. The still and moving images it made in my head will forever remain there, as if I were the characters. For me, that's a testament to the exceptional talent, skill and passion of the author, Arundhati Roy.
The only issue I have with this audio book is the pronunciations in the narration, but I will chalk that up to me being a perfectionist Malayali. But I highly commend the narrators, sound directors and all the members of the crew, for their successful effort in breathing life into the words. I thoroughly enjoyed the interview with Ms. Roy at the end.
To everyone looking forward to listening to "The God of Small Things", you have picked a gem from the English literature!
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- Anonymous User
- 23-07-23
Surreal and yet hard hitting in its realism
This is the first time I actually managed to finish the book from start to end (the last many attempts found me lost in the labyrinths of description and imagery that invariably drowned and overwhelmed me to a point of not being able to move further. Thanks to Audible I finally got around to finishing a book I've longed to read in its entirety for years! The production is just perfect! A big thank you to every single one of you out there (the author and the performers alike) for this beautiful presentation.
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- Srilatha
- 13-10-22
What an awesome narration..
Loved and mesmerised the amount of effort they invested in making the narrative so beautiful 🤩
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-03-23
Good story for Indian context
Good plot for Indian context, not the most creative or captivating storyline, but human emotions are captured well
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-11-23
A powerful narrative
Loved it from the beginning to the end. Very relatable concepts describing the atrocities meted out to a society by the extremists who continue these evil practices to date.
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- Muskan C
- 20-11-24
Love and Politics
The novel is difficult to describe for me; it was tragic but also hopeful, had moments of sadness and pure joy too. At the end, what stands more strongly is the underlying theme of love and how it's decided by the political and social rules, the systems that keep India tied to the ancient laws of discrimination.
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- Jerry T. John
- 29-06-23
God damn! Beautiful imagery
She describes everything so visually, I can physically feel how the characters feel and sometimes taste or smell what the characters are experiencing.
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- Sayar Mandal
- 08-12-24
Takes you back in Kerala
I liked how believable the characters were. The voice acting was incredible. The story doesn't hold back at all. It's sad and honest.
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- Anonymous User
- 19-04-24
the vocabulary
the language as well as the sound effects are cool to listen to .Overall a great book
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