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Suzanna Arundhati Roy (born 24 November 1961) is an Indian author best known for her novel The God of Small Things (1997), which won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 and became the best-selling book by a non-expatriate Indian author.
May 2, 2024 · Arundhati Roy (born November 24, 1961, Shillong, Meghalaya, India) is an Indian author and political activist who is best known for the award-winning novel The God of Small Things (1997) and for her involvement in environmental and human rights causes, which resulted in various legal problems.
6 days ago · WHEN ARUNDHATI ROY published her searing screed against India’s nuclear testing in 1998, “The End of Imagination,” just a few months after universal acclaim over her Booker Prize victory for ...
May 16, 2024 · The God of Small Things, novel written by Arundhati Roy, published in 1997, that vividly and poetically recounts the downfall of a family while exploring issues regarding politics, race, religion, and class. The ambitious work is Roy’s first novel, and it won the Booker Prize.
The God of Small Things is a family drama novel written by Indian writer Arundhati Roy. It is a story about the childhood experiences of fraternal twins whose lives are destroyed by the "Love Laws" prevalent in 1960s Kerala, India.
Arundhati Roy was awarded the Lannan Prize for Cultural Freedom in 2003. Her latest book is The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (2017), her second novel. It was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and, in the US, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Read more. Critical perspective. Bibliography. Awards. Critical perspective.
Feb 9, 2013 · Arundhati Roy is an Indian writer who is also an activist who focuses on issues related to social justice and economic inequality. She won the Booker Prize in 1997 for her novel, The God of Small Things, and has also written two screenplays and several collections of essays.
