1. Roy says about her book “…my book is not about history but biology and transgression. And the fact is that you can never understand the nature of brutality until you see what has been loved being smashed.” Do you think this true in terms of the book? Of life? Does this statement apply to the whole book or just to some incidents?
2. Various dwellings are important to the unfolding of Roy’s story. How is each described? To what extent does each embody or reflect the forces and burdens of history, social order, and custom?
3. Is Time as destroyer the novel’s most insistent theme? How are the blue Plymouth, the pickle factory, Rahel’s toy wristwatch (which always reads “ten to two”), the children’s boat, and other objects related to this theme?
4. What importance does Roy ascribe to story, storytelling, and playacting, including the Kathakali dances and stories? To what extent is the telling of a story more important than the story itself?
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