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Azadi Folk School Book Club: The God of Small Things
About This Event
Azadi Folk School is revisiting this classic novel and international bestseller by writer, journalist, and activist Arundhati Roy.
For our month of nostalgia, we’re revisiting this classic novel and international bestseller by writer, journalist, and activist Arundhati Roy. Weaving through time, the story is a family epic set in Kerala that explores casteism, colonialism, and how both have restricted who is allowed to love, and how they are allowed to love. Through fraternal twins Rahel and Estha. we see the story of a family touched by India’s “Love Laws,” and how they’ve navigated them.
About the Venue
Call & Response Books
Call & Response is a Black woman-owned bookstore based in the Hyde Park / Kenwood neighborhood of Chicago that centers writings and experiences of Black people and other people of color. We offer literature for readers of all ages and provide regular events and programming for community members.
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