Rights to the book were demanded worldwide in 21 countries from India to New York.
Upon finishing the novel in 1996 after four years of writing, Roy was offered an advance of half a million pounds. To me, I couldn't think of a better location for a book about human beings." Because of her ingrained understanding of Ayemenem's diversity and cultural paradoxes, Roy allowed her imagination to run wild in a familiar landscape. When you see all the competing beliefs against the same background you realize how they all wear each other down. I was aware of the different cultures when I was growing up and I'm still aware of them now. When asked why she chose Ayemenem as the setting for her novel, Roy replied, "It was the only place in the world where religions coincide there's Christianity, Hinduism, Marxism and Islam and they all live together and rub each other down. It is semi-autobiographical in that it incorporates, embellishes, and greatly supplements events from her family's history. The God of Small Things is Arundhati Roy's first and only novel to date.
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