Arundhati Roy announces second novel: 5 must-read books by the Man Booker Prize winner

The Indian author, actress and political activist, best known for the award-winning novel The God of Small Things, Suzanna Arundhati Royh has announced her second novel which is going to be published in next year, June 2017.

"I am glad to report that the mad souls (even the wicked ones) in The Ministry of Utmost Happiness have found a way into the world, and that I have found my publishers," Roy said, according to a report in PTI.

The report further said, "The writing is extraordinary and so too are the characters - brought to life with such generosity and empathy, in language of the utmost freshness, joyfully reminding us that words are alive too, that they can wake us up and lend us new ways of seeing, feeling, hearing, engaging. It makes the novel new - in the original meaning of novels."

Here are 5 books by Arundhati that you should read:

1. The God of Small Things:

This debut book by the author earned her a Booker Prize in the year 1997. The story revolves around the childhood experiences of fraternal twins whose lives are destroyed by the "Love Laws" that lay down "who should be loved, and how. And how much." The book took four years to be written.

2. The Cost of Living:

This book is based on the government's disregard for an individual. It talks of the mask that the government puts on its nation in the name of democracy and prosperity. She has written about the society where the lives of many are sacrificed for the comforts of the few.

3. War Talk:

This book is a collection of essays and addresses, issues of democracy racism, empire, and war and peace. In the book, she mentions about the global rise of religious and racial violence.

4. The Algebra Of Infinite Justice:

The book published in 2001 is also a collection of essays that revolves around several perspectives of global and local concerns. One concern mentioned in the book is the abuse of Nuclear bomb showoffs.

5. Capitalism- A Ghost Story:

This book discusses the dark side of democracy in contemporary India and shows how the wants of globalised capitalism has dominated billions of people by exploiting them and making them fall a prey to racism.

In addition to her literary work, Roy is also active in various environmental and human rights causes.

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