The goal of a writer is to make a familiar world unfamiliar and vice versa. Arundati Roy does just that in this novel.

I don't understand the big hoopla about this book. It is a very slow read.

I found this book when it was first published years ago. I picked it up, read the first two chapters and had to buy it. I have since read it at least once a year and always find some new detail I over looked due to reading too fast, or lack of life experience. It is a haunting and beautiful story and I strongly recommend it.