If you're happy in a dream... does that count?

Arundhati Roy

The God of Small Things

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Topic

Happiness Dreams

Speaker

Estha

Author

Arundhati Roy

Source

The God of Small Things

Medium

Novel

Genre

Post-colonial literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

India Asia

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Citation

Roy, Arundhati. The God of Small Things. Random House, 1997, ch. 11.

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