The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

Name: The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
ISBN: 9780525434818

Arundhati Roy

464 pages · about 8 hours
First published 2017
27 editions

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1 About this book

An epic novel of love and history and the perseverance of the human spirit in the face of loss and tragedy.

Personal growth
Family life
India
Relationships
Cultural heritage
Self-perception
Gender identity
Love

2 About Arundhati Roy

Born 1961

Suzanna Arundhati Roy (Bengali pronunciation:; born 24 November 1961) is an Indian author best known for her novel The God of Small Things (1997), which won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 and became the biggest-selling book by a non-expatriate Indian author. She is also a political activist involved in human rights and environmental causes.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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