On the back cover of The God of Small Things is a review by John Updike, in which the author says (paraphrase) that great novels need to invent their own language and in so doing create their own world. Roy creates new ways of talking and writing and thus thinking and experiencing the world in her novel. This starts slowly but grows throughout the book in a way that becomes seamless - transporting the reader into the world of Roy's creation. The book in complicated, complex, and nuanced. Deserving of all the praise it has received.
