"The story primarily takes place in a town named Aymanam now part of Kottayam district in Kerala, India. The temporal setting shifts back and forth from 1969, when fraternal twins Rahel and Esthappen are seven years old, to 1993, when the twins are reunited at age of 31. Malayalam words are liberally used in conjunction with English. Some facets of Kerala life which the novel captures are communism, the caste system, and the Keralite Syrian Christian way of life.

Without sufficient dowry for a marriage proposal, Ammu Ipe becomes desperate to escape her ill-tempered father, Pappachi, and her bitter, long-suffering mother, Mammachi. She finally convinces her parents to let her spend a summer with a distant aunt in Calcutta. To avoid returning to Aymanam, she marries a man who assists managing a tea estate whom she later discovers to be a heavy alcoholic who physically abuses her and attempts to prostitute her to his boss to keep his job. She gives birth to Rahel and Estha, yet ultimately leaves her husband and returns to live with her father, mother and brother, Chacko, in Aymanam."

I started reading this book but I couldn't help myself falling asleep. After a week of reading and trying to get into the story, I decided to give it up and find a place to release it.
May the next reader enjoy the book more than I did.

I stopped reading this book around the page 100. It's hard to enter the story and there are lots of characters to study. But keep on reading, I have heard that the book start to get very interesting from page 200 on. Enjoy it !

Dear Francisco963, it's a pleasure to send you this book. I wish you great success with your assignment.

Book has landed! Thank you very very much Storm0103 for sending it to me. It will help me to complete my English literature course, after that I will let it continue its journey.

Best wishes!
/francisco963

Thanks again storm0103 for sharing this book with me. You were right: the story took a new turn after page 200, but I finished it some time ago and have already forgotten what actually happened.
I guess that sums up the impression the book had on me pretty well...

The book was released on a book table in the hotel lobby, Nordic Light Hotel, Stockholm.
Happy travelling!