‘They all broke the rules. They all crossed into forbidden territory. They all tampered with the laws that lay down who should be loved, and how. And how much.’This is the story of Rahel and Estha, twins growing up among the banana jam vats and peppercorns of their blind grandmother’s factory, and amid scenes of political turbulence in Kerala. Armed only with the innocence of youth, they fashion a childhood in the shade of the wreck that is their family: their lonely, lovely mother...

**The incredible first memoir from the Booker-winning radical icon Arundhati Roy, author of *The God of Small ThingsTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2026SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMENS PRIZE FOR NONFICTION 2026***‘Heart-smashed’ by the death of the mother she ran from at age eighteen and shaken by the intensity of her response, Arundhati Roy began this remarkable memoir – a soaring account, both intimate and inspiring, of how the author be...

In Capitalism: A Ghost Story, best-selling writer Arundhati Roy examines the dark side of Indian democracy - a nation of 1.2 billion, where the country' s 100 richest people own assets worth one quarter of India's gross domestic product.Ferocious and clear-sighted, this is a searing portrait of a nation haunted by ghosts: the hundreds of thousands of farmers who have committed suicide to escape punishing debt; the hundreds of millions who live on less than two dollars a da...

UNO DE LOS MEJORES LIBROS DE 2025 SEGÚN THE NEW YORKER, THE NEW YORK TIMES, VOGUE, BABELIA, EL CULTURAL Y FOYLESEl esperado regreso de una autora «superlativamente brillante» ( The New York Review of Books). La premio Booker por El dios de las pequeñas cosas firma un poderoso memoir sobre su madre, un acontecimiento editorial mundial.«Una de las pensadoras más...

«Sembra un torrente in piena, frutto della necessità naturale di raccontare.»Il Sole 24 Ore«Un libro memorabile... ha la forza della verità dei sentimenti.»D la RepubblicaMAN BOOKER PRIZE 1997«Un libro memorabile... ha la forza della verità dei sentimenti.»D di Repubblica su Il dio delle piccole cose«Sembra un torrente in piena, frutto dell...

Nestas páginas, a minha mãe, a minha gângster, viverá. Ela era o meu abrigo e a minha tempestade.Destroçada pela morte da mãe em setembro de 2022, mas também intrigada e “bastante envergonhada” pela intensidade da sua reação, Arundhati Roy decidiu dar um sentido às suas emoções em relação à mulher de quem fugiu aos dezoito anos, “não por não a amar, mas para poder continuar a amá-la”. Assim começa este surpreendente, por vezes perturbador, mas também inesperadamente divertido relat...

Uno de los grandes fenómenos editoriales de las últimas décadas. Un debut que ganó el Booker, traducido a más de cuarenta idiomas y con ocho millones de ejemplares vendidos en todo el mundo.«Una magia y una calidez que no he vuelto a encontrar en ningún libro».Laura Ferrero, ABC Cultural«La calidad del libro de Arundhati Roy es tan extraordinaria al mismo tiempo tan intenso moralmente y de tal riqueza imaginativa que el lect...

BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An affluent Indian family is forever changed by one fateful day in 1969, from the author of The Ministry of Utmost Happiness and Mother Mary Comes to Me“[The God of Small Things] offers such magic, mystery, and sadness that, literally, this reader turned the last page and decided to reread it. Immediately. It’s that haunting.”—USA TodayCo...

‘De vertelstem van Roy is zo uitzonderlijk, moreel indringend en rijk aan verbeelding tegelijk, dat je van begin tot eind betoverd blijft.’ The New York TimesArundhati Roy’s debuutroman De God van Kleine Dingen is een moderne klassieker, die wel wordt vergeleken met het werk van Faulkner en Dickens. Deze wereldwijd geliefde roman is een aangrijpend familierelaas, een geheime liefdesgeschiedenis en een politiek drama tegelijk.Het boek vertelt het verhaal va...

**New York Times Best SellerLonglisted for the Man Booker PrizeNamed a Best Book of 2017 by NPR, Amazon, Kirkus, The Washington Post, Newsday, and the Hudson GroupA dazzling, richly moving new novel by the internationally celebrated author of The God of Small Things**The Ministry of Utmost Happiness takes us on an intimate journey of many years across the Indian subcontinent—from the cramped neighborhoods of Old Delhi and th...

‘Wervelende schrijfkunst. […] Mother Mary is een boek vol kleurrijk geschilderde scènes, aimabele excentriekelingen en tedere humor.’ De Tijd‘Een prachtig boek.’ ***** De Standaard der LetterenDiepbedroefd na de dood van haar moeder, Mary, maar tegelijkertijd verbaasd en ‘geplaagd door schaamte’ over haar heftige reactie, begon Roy aan dit boek. Ze probeerde de gevoelens te doorgronden die ze koesterde tegenover de moeder van wie ze zich op haar a...

«Forse non esiste un modo altrettanto preciso di descrivere Arundhati Roy: un'assemblea, un raduno di voci, dove tutto e tutti devono trovare accoglienza. Impossibile separare in lei ciò che è letterario da ciò che è politico, il reale dall'immaginato.»La Lettura - Corriere della Sera - Paolo Giordano«Siamo solo a metà del 2017, ma so per certo che Il ministero della suprema felicità sarà il mio libro dell’anno e degli anni a venire.»...