"a caterpillar doesn't just grow into a butterfly. a caterpillar must undergo metamorphosis, and a cocoon is where a caterpillar risks it all: enters total chaos, undergoes total rebuilding, and is born to a new way of living. only in taking the risk of entering that inert cocoon can the caterpillar go from dormancy to potency, from ugliness to beauty."

Tuesday, August 09, 2005

the god of small things

Who was he?
Who could he have been?
...
If he touched her, he couldn't talk to her,
if he loved her he couldn't leave, if he spoke he couldn't listen, if he fought he couldn't win.
...
He folded his fear into a perfect rose.
He held it out in the palm of his hand. She took it from him and put it in her hair.

--from The God of Small Things, a novel by Arundhati Roy

a story so sad and gloomy speaks of bittersweet ironies and inescapable social realities, and beautifully comes alive with a language so poetic and so moving. such is the story of the god of small things. to hear of it and not read it is to be robbed of a reading experience like no other.

13 comments:

  1. na intriga na ko tuloy sa book na to. :p

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  2. sam, hanap ka na ng kopya at basahin mo na kasi. (",)

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  3. my absolute #1 most fvorite book!:) i looove arundhati roy. she plays with words so well. i hate her only for one thing... for living my dream. as if! hehehe:)

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  4. diane, having read the book, i know why it's #1 for you. =) it's just so different and so good, you wanna say, "unta ako ang nakauna og hunahuna ug sulat ani..."

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  5. actually, it's her way of playing with the words that left me awestruck!:) hindi ko kaya ang powers ni miss roy! more like, "that's exactly how i want to write!" waaah!:)

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  6. wow nice ha .... is there an e-book? hehe ... tamad na man gud ko magpalit ug books karon! waaa ....

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  7. trick, there is! check your e-mail: i'll share the link of the site you have to visit so you can download it. (",)

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  8. di ba mahirap intindihin ang libro? o dahil part lang ng book ang na-quote mo? ang lalim. hehe

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  9. abaniko, nasa bandang hulihan na ng book 'yang na-quote ko. malalim ba? siguro nga. kelangan mong masimulan para lubusang maintindihan at ma-appreciate. =)

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  10. send mo din sakin link ng e-buk. hehe. tnx!

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  11. gEEEmail, check your gmail account, it's already there. =)

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  12. this is Ina's fave book. -kim

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