标题: 《The god of small things 》作者：- Arundhati Roy【EPUB】 [打印本页] 作者: zaq 时间: 2013-11-30 14:55 标题: 《The god of small things 》作者：- Arundhati Roy【EPUB】 Arundhati Roy The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy God of Small Things Chapter 1. Paradise Pickles & Preserves May in Ayemenem is a hot, brooding month. The days are long and humid. The river shrinks and black crows gorge on bright mangoes in still, dustgreen trees. Red bananas ripen. Jackfruits burst. Dissolute bluebottles hum vacuously in the fruity air. Then they stun themselves against clear windowpanes and die, fatly baffled in the sun. The nights are clear, but suffused with sloth and sullen expectation. But by early June the southwest monsoon breaks and there are three months of wind and water with short spells of sharp, glittering sunshine that thrilled children snatch to play with. The countryside turns an immodest green. Boundaries