Broken Republic by Arundhati Roy
War has spread from the borders of India to the forests in the very heart of the country. Combining analysis and reportage, this title examines the nature of progress and development in the emerging global superpower, and asks fundamental questions about modern civilization itself - in three essays.
Praise for Broken Republic: * - *
She is a natural rebel. . Roy's version of India is uncompromising . . . She is the insider on the outside, part of a movement and yet, as a writer, inevitably alone - the individual at the heart of a crowd * New Statesman *
Her prose is vivid and poetic: witty wordplay interspersed with biting satire * Independent *
Scalpel-sharp wit and insight * Express Tribune *
A fine piece of reportage . . . The language is lyrical but Roy's critique is excoriating * Scotsman Magazine *
She is a natural rebel. . Roy's version of India is uncompromising . . . She is the insider on the outside, part of a movement and yet, as a writer, inevitably alone - the individual at the heart of a crowd * New Statesman *
Her prose is vivid and poetic: witty wordplay interspersed with biting satire * Independent *
Scalpel-sharp wit and insight * Express Tribune *
A fine piece of reportage . . . The language is lyrical but Roy's critique is excoriating * Scotsman Magazine *
Arundhati Roy is the author of The God of Small Things, which won the Booker Prize in 1997 and has been translated into more than forty languages, and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, which was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize 2017. Roy has also published several works of non-fiction, including The Algebra of Infinite Justice, Listening to Grasshoppers and Broken Republic. She lives in Delhi..
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| ISBN 13 | 9780241145289 |
| ISBN 10 | 0241145287 |
| Title | Broken Republic |
| Author | Arundhati Roy |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2011-06-09 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
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