Literature Library author

Arundhati Roy

A concise guide to Arundhati Roy's body of work, major titles, and recurring themes.

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Languages
English
Regions / countries
India
Forms
Prose: fiction, Prose: non-fiction
Indexed works
3

Author overview

Arundhati Roy (born 1961) is a novelist and essayist whose body of work spans fiction and nonfiction prose. This writing is in English and associated with India. Major works and useful reading starting points include The God of Small Things, Field Notes on Democracy, and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. Key themes include caste and social inequality, family, memory, and forbidden love, and state power and resistance.

Reading pathway

Begin with The God of Small Things, then move to Field Notes on Democracy, then move to The Ministry of Utmost Happiness.

Representative starting points

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