Arundhati Roy

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Arundhati Roy is an Indian writer and activist known for her focus on social justice and economic inequality.
She gained international recognition after winning the Booker Prize in 1997 for her debut novel, The God of Small Things.
Roy has also written screenplays and essay collections.
Her activism has addressed various issues, including environmental causes, human rights, and anti-globalization.
In 2002, she received the Lannan Foundation's Cultural Freedom Prize for her activist work.
Roy's writing often blends political commentary with literary fiction, establishing her as a prominent voice in contemporary Indian literature and global social criticism.

Libros de Arundhati Roy

El dios de las pequeñas cosas

por Arundhati Roy • 1997

A forbidden love leads to a drowning, trapping twins in a decades-long secret in 1969 Kerala.

3.96

300.000+

🪷 Postcolonial Fiction 💔 Intercaste Romance 🩹 Childhood Trauma 👯 Twin Protagonists 🖋️ Lyrical Prose

El dios de las pequeñas cosas

A forbidden love leads to a drowning, trapping twins in a decades-long secret in 1969 Kerala.

por Arundhati Roy 1997 321 páginas

3.96

300.000+ valoraciones

🪷 Postcolonial Fiction 💔 Intercaste Romance 🩹 Childhood Trauma 👯 Twin Protagonists 🖋️ Lyrical Prose

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

por Arundhati Roy • 2017

In an Old Delhi graveyard, a transgender woman builds a sanctuary for everyone the city discards.

3.56

39.000+

🇮🇳 Postcolonial India 🫂 Found Family 🏳️‍⚧️ Hijra Community 👩‍👧 Trans Motherhood 🏔️ Kashmir Conflict

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

In an Old Delhi graveyard, a transgender woman builds a sanctuary for everyone the city discards.

por Arundhati Roy 2017 445 páginas

3.56

39.000+ valoraciones

🇮🇳 Postcolonial India 🫂 Found Family 🏳️‍⚧️ Hijra Community 👩‍👧 Trans Motherhood 🏔️ Kashmir Conflict

Mother Mary Comes to Me

por Arundhati Roy • 2025

She fled her mother at eighteen with a knife. The woman who survived became the writer.

4.38

31.000+

🖋️ Literary Memoir 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🇮🇳 Indian Memoir 💔 Family Dysfunction ✍️ Becoming A Writer

Mother Mary Comes to Me

She fled her mother at eighteen with a knife. The woman who survived became the writer.

por Arundhati Roy 2025 331 páginas

4.38

31.000+ valoraciones

🖋️ Literary Memoir 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🇮🇳 Indian Memoir 💔 Family Dysfunction ✍️ Becoming A Writer

The Doctor and the Saint

por Arundhati Roy • 2017

One man wanted reform, the other annihilation. Their clash over caste still defines India.

4.33

2000+

🇮🇳 Caste In India ⚖️ Dalit Politics 📜 Historical Revisionism ☸️ Ambedkarite Buddhism 🏛️ Modern Indian History

The Doctor and the Saint

One man wanted reform, the other annihilation. Their clash over caste still defines India.

por Arundhati Roy 2017 184 páginas

4.33

2000+ valoraciones

🇮🇳 Caste In India ⚖️ Dalit Politics 📜 Historical Revisionism ☸️ Ambedkarite Buddhism 🏛️ Modern Indian History

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