Really?

[April Phillips]

The God of Small Things is a truly moving novel that eviscerates the Indian 
caste system and challenges the limits of acceptable love.  It's interesting 
though, I have never met a single Indian who could tolerate the book.  Many 
absolutely hate it.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Morris" <fqmorris at gmail.com>
To: "Ya Sam" <takoitov at hotmail.com>
Cc: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 11:02 AM
Subject: Re: Really?


> I've never read any of her work.  Does anyone here have a response to
> this view of The God of Small Things?
>
> David
>
> On 8/20/06, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Just a sentence from an in-depth article on Zadie Smith
>>
>> The God of Small Things is an undoubted masterpiece, the finest debut 
>> novel in the language since Thomas Pynchon's V. in 1963.
>>
>> http://www.thenation.com/doc/20051003/deresiewicz
>>
>