Bücher von Arundhati Roy

Winner of the 1997 Booker Prize. The richly exotic story of the childhood the twins Esthappen and Rahel craft for themselves amongst India's vats of banana jam and mountains of peppercorns. Here, perhaps, is the greatest Indian novel by a woman. Arundhati Roy's 'The God of Small Things' is an astonishingly rich, fertile novel, teeming with life, colour, heart-stopping language, wry comedy and a hint of magical realism. Set against a background of political turbulence in Kerala, Southern India, 'The God of Small Things' tells the story of twins Esthappen and Rahel. Amongst the vats of banana jam and heaps of peppercorns in their grandmother's factory, they try to craft a childhood for themselves amidst what constitutes their family - their lonely, lovely mother, their beloved Uncle Chacko (pickle baron, radical Marxist and bottom-pincher) and their avowed enemy Baby Kochamma (ex-nun and incumbent grand-aunt).

From the bestselling author of Azadi and My Seditious Heart, a piercing exploration of modern empire, nationalism and rising fascism that gives us the tools to resist and fight back`I try to create links, to join the dots, to tell politics like a story, to make it real¿¿Over a lifetime spent at the frontline of solidarity and resistance, Arundhati Roy¿s words have lit a clear way through the darkness that surrounds us. Combining the skills of the architect she trained to be and the writer she became, she illuminates the hidden structures of modern empire like no one else, revealing their workings so that we can resist.Her subjects: war, nationalism, fundamentalism and rising fascism, turbocharged by neoliberalism and now technology. But also: truth, justice, freedom, resistance, solidarity and above all imagination ¿ in particular the imagination to see what is in front of us, to envision another way, and to fight for it.Arundhati Roy¿s voice ¿ as distinct and compelling in conversation as in her writing ¿ explores these themes and more in this essential collection of interviews with David Barsamian, conducted over two decades, from 2001 to the present.WITH AN AFTERWORD FROM NAOMI KLEIN

IN THIS SERIES OF ELECTRIFYING ESSAYS, ARUNDHATI ROY CHALLENGES US TO REFLECT ON THE MEANING OF FREEDOM IN A WORLD OF GROWING AUTHORITARIANISM. THE ESSAYS INCLUDE MEDITATIONS ON LANGUAGE, PUBLIC AS WELL AS PRIVATE, AND ON THE ROLE OF FICTION AND ALTERNATIVE IMAGINATIONS IN THESE DISTURBING TIMES. THE PANDEMIC, ROY SAYS, IS A PORTAL BETWEEN ONE WORLD AND ANOTHER. FOR ALL THE ILLNESS AND DEVASTATION IT HAS LEFT IN ITS WAKE, IT IS AN INVITATION TO THE HUMAN RACE, AN OPPORTUNITY, TO IMAGINE ANOTHER WORLD.

Ein mutiges Buch einer der engagiertesten Frauen der Welt: ein Manifest für die Zeit nach der Pandemie»Azadi heißt Freiheit.« Ob sie als Erzählerin in ihren Bestseller-Romanen wie »Der Gott der kleinen Dinge« andere Universen entwirft oder in ihren Essays unsere Welt schonungslos hinterfragt: Kompromisslos kritisiert die indische Autorin Arundhati Roy im Namen der Freiheit die Gesellschaften, die in Ost wie West immer nationalistischer agieren. Schonungslos untersucht sie Umweltzerstörung, Ausbeutung und Überwachung. Und doch muss die Pandemie nicht der Endpunkt dieses Weltvernichtungsprogramms sein: Denn was wäre, wenn Corona ein Portal wäre, an dem wir uns entscheiden müssen, was wir zurücklassen und was wir mit uns nehmen? Die Pandemie könnte eine Wende bedeuten. Der unnachgiebige Blick der Aktivistin Arundhati Roy kann uns Hoffnung schenken.»Arundhati Roy ist eine der überzeugendsten und originellsten Denkerinnen unserer Zeit.«Naomi Klein»Arundhati Roy ist eine der besten Schreiberinnen auf dem Subkontinent. Eine geniale Beobachterin Indiens, ironisch im Ton, herzhaft in der Sache.«Laura Höflinger, Der Spiegel