New Releases by Arundhati Roy

Collected speeches and essays.

A skillful interviewer can reveal aspects of a writer''s voice in simple yet telling ways. As a novelist, Arundhati Roy is known for her lush language and intricate structure. As a political essayist, her prose is searching and fierce. All of these qualities shine through in the interviews collected by David Barsamian for Globalizing Dissent: Converations with Arundhati Roy. New and devoted readers will find that these exchanges, recorded between 2001 and 2003, add to their appreciation of Roy''s previous work. Whether discussing her childhood or the problems of translation in a multilingual society, Roy and Barsamian, the producer and host of Alternative Radio, engage in a lively and accessible manner. Speaking candidly and casually, Roy describes her participation in a demonstration against the Indian dam program as, "absolutely fantastic." She jokes that her Supreme Court charge for "corrupting public morality"--in the case of her novel The God of Small Things--should have been changed to "further corrupting public morality." She calls on her training as an architect to explain what she means by the "physics of power." Like a house of cards, she argues that "unfettered power . . . cannot go berserk like this and expect to hold it all together." Roy has been acclaimed for her courage (Salman Rushdie) and her eloquence (Kirkus Reviews), and her writing has been described as "a banquet for the senses" (Newsweek). She has found a readership among fiction enthusiasts and political activists. Globalizing Dissent captures Roy speaking one-on-one to her audience, revealing her intense and wide-ranging intellect, her very personal voice, and her opinion on momentous political events. Arundhati Roy''s novel The God of Small Things was awarded the Booker Prize in 1997. She is the recipient of the 2002 Lannan Foundation Prize for Cultural Freedom.

Essays. Samlingen inneholder tekster og taler med et globalt perspektiv, skrevet fra 1998 til 2004. Arundhati Roy beskriver verdens tilstand og tar tak i og utreder hva som må gjøres. Budskapet er at vi helt og fullt må leve i denne verden, sånn som den faktisk er, og vi må nærme oss og lytte til dem som synes verden er blitt uutholdelig. John Berger har skrevet et forord til en engelsk utgave som også er med i denne utgaven. Arundhati Roy er kjent for mange norske lesere for ?Guden for de små ting? (1997).

Essays.

In 1988, Arundhati Roy Wrote The Story And Screenplay For In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones, A Low-Budget Production Produced And Directed By Pradip Krishen. The Film Had Almost No Big Names, And Was Shown Just Once On National Television In A Late-Night Slot, When Few People Saw It. Despite This It Acquired Near Cult Status, Especially Among Young English-Speaking Urban Indians. Set In A Not-So-Fictional School Of Architecture In The Year 1974, It Is The Story Of Dope-Smoking, Bellbottom-Wearing, Vaguely Idealistic Final-Year Students In The Run Up To The Submission Of Their Architectural Theses. The Main Character, Annie Anand Grover Doing His Ninth Year In College, Is A Misguided Visionary Who Breeds Chickens In His Hostel Room And Is In Love With A Small-Time Cabaret Dancer. There Are Also Radha, A Bright, Brash And Not-So-Sweet Young Thing, And Her Boyfriend Arjun; Mankind, And His Ugandan Roommate Kasozi, Who Grinds His Teeth When He Dreams Of Idi Amin; Lekha, Who Doesn''T Hesitate To Trade Coyness For Marks; And Professor Y.D. Bilimoria, Whom The Students Call Yamdoot The Messenger Of The God Of Death. Also A Character In The Film, Perhaps The Most Important, Is English As She Is Spoken By Students In Delhi University An Alloy, Melted Down And Then Re-Fashioned, Soldered Together With Hindi (Occasionally Even A Little Punjabi). The Screenplay Of This Moving, Funny And Unusual Film Is Published Here For The First Time. Over Thirty Stills. A Witty, Nostalgic Preface In Which Arundhati Roy Writes About The Making Of The Film, Its Relevance Today And Its Significance In The Development Of Her Art And Her Politics.

A Few Weeks After India Detonated A Thermonuclear Device In 1998, Arundhati Roy Wrote The End Of Imagination . The Essay Attracted Worldwide Attention As The Voice Of A Brilliant Indian Writer Speaking Out With Clarity And Conscience Against Nuclear Weapons. Over The Next Three And A Half Years, She Wrote A Series Of Political Essays On A Diverse Range Of Momentous Subjects: From The Illusory Benefits Of Big Dams, To The Downside Of Corporate Globalization And The Us Government S War Against Terror. First Published In 2001, The Algebra Of Infinite Justice Brings Together All Of Arundhati Roy S Political Writings So Far. This Revised Paperback Edition Includes Two New Essays, Written In Early 2002: Democracy: Who S She When She S At Home , That Examines The Horrific Communal Violence In Gujarat, And War Talk: Summer Games With Nuclear Bombs , About The Threat Of Nuclear War In The Subcontinent.

The story of an Indian family during the 1969 Communist disturbances in Kerala province. It is told through the eyes of a boy and his sister who are the children of a rich rubber planter. Politics, family drama, illicit love. A debut in fiction.

Article on Sardar Sarovar (Narmada) Project

"Levekostnader" samler to skarpe og engasjerte essays . Arundhati Roy, som vant lesere og kritikere verden over med debutromanen "Guden for små ting", sikter rett mot indiske myndigheters farlige politikk når det gjelder atomvåpen og kraftutbygging. Hun argumenterer med stor kunnskap og høy temperatur, og samtidig prinsipielt. I Essayet "Vårt store, felles mål" går hun sterkt ut mot planleggingen av det overdimensjonerte damanlegget Sardar Sarovar. Hun påviser hvordan slik utbygging alltid har rammet fattigfolk, der millioner er fordrevet og har mistet sine hjem. De blir flyktninger i en ikke-erklært krig. I "Hinsides det begripelige" angriper Roy Indiske myndigheter for atomprøvespregningene høsten 1998 i konflikten med Pakistan, som hun ser som de verste utslag av nasjonalisme og sjåvinisme. Det er en rasende protest og et oppgjør med all passivitet og apati.

Explores the tragic fate of a family which ''tampered with the laws that lay down who should be loved, and how''. They are an eclectic mix: grandmother Mammachi; her spoilt Anglophile son, Chacko; her daughter Ammu; Ammu''s inseparable twins Estha and Rahel; and Baby Kochamma, grand aunt, determined to spread the bitter seeds of her early disappointment in love.

For en varm, humoristisk og fremsynet indisk familie ændres hele livsindholdet i løbet af få timer, da en engelsk kusine ankommer til det lille samfund i 1960''ernes politiske og alligevel sansemættede atmosfære

1960''lı yılların siyasi çalkantılarında sarsılan Hindistan''da, sevimli bir ailenin durumunu konu alan toplumsal bir roman

Indische Autorin, geb. 1960. - Dezember 1969 in Kerala/Südindien: Innerhalb von 2 Wochen zerbricht eine angesehene, wohlhabende syrisch-christliche Familie wegen ihrer Verstöße gegen die "Gesetze, die festlegten, wer wie geliebt werden sollte. Und wie sehr." 23 Jahre später erinnert Rahel sich.