{"product_id":"the-ministry-of-utmost-happiness-9780241980767","title":"The Ministry of Utmost Happiness","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe is back with \u003cb\u003ea heavyweight state-of-the-nation \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003estory\u003c\/b\u003e that has been ten years in the making * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoy's second novel proves as remarkable as her first\u003c\/b\u003e * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ministry of Utmost Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e confirms Roy's status as a writer of delicate human dramas that also touch on some of the largest questions of the day.  It is the novel as intimate epic.  \u003cb\u003eExpect to see it on every prize shortlist this year\u003c\/b\u003e * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eHeartfelt, poetic, intimate, laced with ironic humour...The intensity of Roy's writing - the sheer amount she cares about these people - compels you to concentrate...\u003cb\u003eThis is the novel one hoped Arundhati Roy would write about India\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eTeems with human drama, contains a vivid cast of characters and offers \u003cb\u003ean evocative, searing portrait of modern India\u003c\/b\u003e * Tatler *\u003cbr\u003eA beautiful and grotesque portrait of modern India and the world beyond.  \u003cb\u003eTake your time over it\u003c\/b\u003e, just as the author did * Good Housekeeping *\u003cbr\u003eFantastic. The novel is unflinchingly critical of power, and yet she empowers her underdog characters to persevere, leaving readers with a few droplets of much-needed hope. It's heartening when writers live up to the hyperbole that surrounds them * Hirsh Sawhney *\u003cbr\u003eA kaleidoscopic story about the struggle for Kashmir's independence * Washington Post *\u003cbr\u003eA sprawling, kaleidoscopic fable about love and resistance in modern India * The Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe follow-up we've been longing for\u003c\/b\u003e - a poetic, densely populated contemporary novel in the tradition of Dickens and Tolstoy. From its beginning, \u003cb\u003eone is swept up in the story\u003c\/b\u003e... With her \u003cb\u003eexquisite and dynamic storytelling\u003c\/b\u003e, Roy balances scenes of suffering and corruption with \u003cb\u003ehumour and transcendence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e * Vogue *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompelling, musical, cinematic... \u003cb\u003e[A] genuine poignancy and depth of emotion.\u003c\/b\u003e Her gift is for the personal: for poetic description [and an] ability to map the complicated arithmetic of love and belonging . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Ministry of Utmost Happiness \u003c\/i\u003emanages to extract \u003cb\u003ehope from tragedies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e * The New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eA passionate political masterpiece * Times Literary Supplement *","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733426843991,"sku":"9780241980767","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241980767.jpg?v=1720000034","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-ministry-of-utmost-happiness-9780241980767","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}