Its area of 15,000 square miles comprises just over one percent of the total land area of India, though its 29 million person population accounts for 3.5% of the Indian population.
Kerala lies on the southwest coast of the Indian peninsula, stretching 360 miles along what is known as the Malabar coast. Geography, Climate, & Economy Map of Kerala, India/CC Licensed
By gaining knowledge about Kerala, the reader obtains the means by which to sense the passion that Roy feels for her homeland and her story. Roy achieves the rich descriptive texture and vivid imagery of her novel by writing about something with which she is intimately familiar. A full understanding of and appreciation for Arundhati Roy’s novel The God of Small Things requires that the reader be well acquainted with the land and culture through which Roy weaves her tale.
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