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Cost of Living by Arundhati Roy (1999, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100375756140
ISBN-139780375756146
eBay Product ID (ePID)1649483
Product Key Features
Book TitleCost of Living
Number of Pages144 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEnvironmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Civil / Dams & Reservoirs, General, Natural Resources
Publication Year1999
IllustratorYes
GenreNature, Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Science
AuthorArundhati Roy
Book SeriesModern Library Paperbacks Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight4.1 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN99-041156
ReviewsPraise for The God of Small Things "Treading Roy's maze, we learn a great deal about a 'vast, violent, circling, driving, ridiculous, insane, unfeasible, public turmoil of a nation.' . . . The God of Small Things delivers so much terror and beauty, and so omniscient a view of India. . . . Like a devotionally built temple, it builds a massive interlocking structure of fine, intensely felt details." --John Updike, The New Yorker, Praise for The God of Small Things "Treading Roy's maze, we learn a great deal about a 'vast, violent, circling, driving, ridiculous, insane, unfeasible, public turmoil of a nation.' . . . The God of Small Things delivers so much terror and beauty, and so omniscient a view of India. . . . Like a devotionally built temple, it builds a massive interlocking structure of fine, intensely felt details." --John Updike,The New Yorker, Praise forThe God of Small Things: "Treading Roy's maze, we learn a great deal about a 'vast, violent, circling, driving, ridiculous, insane, unfeasible, public turmoil of a nation.' . . .The God of Small Thingsdelivers so much terror and beauty, and so omniscient a view of India. . . . Like a devotionally built temple, it builds a massive interlocking structure of fine, intensely felt details." -- John Updike,The New Yorker
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal333.91/15/095475
SynopsisFrom the bestselling author of "The God of Small Things" comes a scathing and passionate indictment of big government'sdisregard for the individual. In her Booker Prize-winning novel, "The God of Small Things," Arundhati Roy turned a compassionate but unrelenting eye on one family in India. Now she lavishes the same acrobatic language and fierce humanity on the future of her beloved country. In this spirited polemic, Roy dares to take on two of the great illusions of India's progress: the massive dam projects that were supposed to haul this sprawling subcontinent into the modern age--but which instead have displaced untold millions--and the detonation of India's first nuclear bomb, with all its attendant Faustian bargains. Merging her inimitable voice with a great moral outrage and imaginative sweep, Roy peels away the mask of democracy and prosperity to show the true costs hidden beneath. For those who have been mesmerized by her vision of India, here is a sketch, traced in fire, of its topsy-turvy society, where the lives of the many are sacrificed for the comforts of the few.", From the bestselling author of The God of Small Things comes a scathing and passionate indictment of big government's disregard for the individual. In her Booker Prize-winning novel, The God of Small Things , Arundhati Roy turned a compassionate but unrelenting eye on one family in India. Now she lavishes the same acrobatic language and fierce humanity on the future of her beloved country. In this spirited polemic, Roy dares to take on two of the great illusions of India's progress: the massive dam projects that were supposed to haul this sprawling subcontinent into the modern age--but which instead have displaced untold millions--and the detonation of India's first nuclear bomb, with all its attendant Faustian bargains. Merging her inimitable voice with a great moral outrage and imaginative sweep, Roy peels away the mask of democracy and prosperity to show the true costs hidden beneath. For those who have been mesmerized by her vision of India, here is a sketch, traced in fire, of its topsy-turvy society, where the lives of the many are sacrificed for the comforts of the few.
LC Classification NumberHD1698.I42G8565 1999
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