false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166054164m/9772.jpg 9772 4 <P>A skillful interviewer can reveal aspects of a writer's voice in simple yet telling ways. As a novelist, Arundhati Roy is known for her lush language and intricate structure. As a political essayist, her prose is searching and fierce. All of these qualities shine through in the interviews collected by David Barsamian for <I>Globalizing Dissent: Converations with Arundhati Roy</I>. New and devoted readers will find that these exchanges, recorded between 2001 and 2003, add to their appreciation of Roy's previous work.</P><P>Whether discussing her childhood or the problems of translation in a multilingual society, Roy and Barsamian, the producer and host of Alternative Radio, engage in a lively and accessible manner. Speaking candidly and casually, Roy describes her participation in a demonstration against the Indian dam program as, "absolutely fantastic." She jokes that her Supreme Court charge for "corrupting public morality"-in the case of her novel The God of Small Things-should have been changed to "further corrupting public morality." She calls on her training as an architect to explain what she means by the "physics of power." Like a house of cards, she argues that "unfettered power . . . cannot go berserk like this and expect to hold it all together."</P><P>Roy has been acclaimed for her courage (Salman Rushdie) and her eloquence (<I>Kirkus Reviews</I>), and her writing has been described as "a banquet for the senses" (<I>Newsweek</I>). She has found a readership among fiction enthusiasts and political activists. <I>Globalizing Dissent</I> captures Roy speaking one-on-one to her audience, revealing her intense and wide-ranging intellect, her very personal voice, and her opinion on momentous political events.</P><P><B>Arundhati Roy</B>'s novel <I>The God of Small Things</I> was awarded the Booker Prize in 1997. She is the recipient of the 2002 Lannan Foundation Prize for Cultural Freedom.</P> 2039555 1 2 2004 The Checkbook and the Cruise Missile: Conversations with Arundhati Roy total:58|5:23|4:26|3:7|2:1|1:1| 58 243 95 5 9772 0896087107 9780896087101 57 4 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166054164m/9772.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9772.The_Checkbook_and_the_Cruise_Missile_Conversations_with_Arundhati_Roy 3 0 false Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 11:04:22 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 13:39:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> 523044 0007194188 9780007194186 1 1 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175524031m/523044.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/523044.The_Chequebook_and_the_Cruise_Missile 2 0 false Fri Jul 27 02:07:09 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 27 02:07:09 -0700 2007 more...]]> 9772 0896087107 9780896087101 57 4 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166054164m/9772.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9772.The_Checkbook_and_the_Cruise_Missile_Conversations_with_Arundhati_Roy 4 0 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 27 08:32:27 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 06 08:18:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 9772 0896087107 9780896087101 57 4 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166054164m/9772.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9772.The_Checkbook_and_the_Cruise_Missile_Conversations_with_Arundhati_Roy 5 0 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 03 01:49:00 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 03 01:53:37 -0800 2007
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