{"id":5155,"date":"2021-02-23T08:54:10","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T12:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/?p=5155"},"modified":"2021-02-23T08:54:10","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T12:54:10","slug":"the-god-of-small-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/?p=5155","title":{"rendered":"The God of Small Things"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I struggled with this novel yet there were more than a few passages that stopped me dead in my tracks. Here are two:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_4245-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"849\" data-attachment-id=\"5156\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/?attachment_id=5156\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_4245-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,2122\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 8&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1614001823&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_4245\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_4245-1024x849.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_4245-1024x849.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_4245-1024x849.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_4245-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_4245-768x637.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_4245-1536x1273.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_4245-2048x1698.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_4246-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"553\" data-attachment-id=\"5158\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/?attachment_id=5158\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_4246-1-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1382\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 8&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1614011698&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.076923076923077&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_4246-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_4246-1-1024x553.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_4246-1-1024x553.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_4246-1-1024x553.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_4246-1-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_4246-1-768x415.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_4246-1-1536x829.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_4246-1-2048x1106.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roy, Arundhati. <em>The God of Small Things<\/em>. Reprint edition. New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2008.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I struggled with this novel yet there were more than a few passages that stopped me dead in my tracks. Here are two: Roy, Arundhati. The God of Small Things. Reprint edition. 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